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CHAP. 
III. 
1 
Pharos of 
Mithra- 
datcs. 
FROM THE CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS, ’ 
to the cement that covered the vase 4 . In their 
care to cleanse the vessel, they had destroyed 
almost every trace of some black figures upon 
its surface. From the rude structure of this 
relic, and the manner of its interment, so 
different from the practice used by the Greeks 
at any known period of their history, or that 
of any other nation, it is impossible to deter- 
mine the degree of antiquity it may possess. 
About four miles from Yenihale, towards 
the Mccotis, upon a rock which projects into 
the sea, is the point where the antient Pharos 
formerly stood : this spot is still called by the 
Greeks Phanari, and by the Russians 1’a xar; 
in either language implying a Lantern or Light- 
house. The ruins of the old foundation are still 
visible. Tradition ascribes it to the time of 
Mithradates, and the modern Greeks generally 
bestow upon it the name of Phanari Mitri- 
dati. It was a work of peculiar necessity, 
although long abandoned ; since vessels coming 
through the Straits are obliged to keep close to 
the Crimean coast, for want of water towards 
the middle and Asiatic side of the passage. 
(4 ) This circumstance is noticed in the account of the Cambridge 
Marbles , Appendix, p. 77 ; where the Header may fiud the subject 
of this remarkable symbol, and its purport in the Heathen Mythology $ 
briefly discussed. 
