214 
FROM THE CAPITAL OF THE CRIMEA, 
chap. Chersonesus dxii. and the fourteenth year of the 
— ' sixth Indiction ; answering to our tera, a. d. 402. 
In the year 1794 was also found, about three 
feet below the surface of the soil, a large slab 
of white marble, containing an inscription so 
imperfectly preserved, that it was not possible 
to copy it in a legible manner. It is in the 
Doric dialect, and seems to commemorate the 
gratitude of a people to a citizen or magistrate, 
for the introduction of vineyards. The original 
stone is still in the possession of Admiral 
Wilson, at Aktiar. 
From the little harbour lying between the 
cities of Chersonesus and Eufiatorium, an artificial 
canal, winding round towards the walls of the 
former, and hewn in the rock, yet remains very 
entire. It was calculated to admit small vessels 
within the suburbs of the city. Towards the 
extremity it is now dry, although the fishing- 
boats of the inhabitants still enter its mouth. 
“ In the city,” says Strabo 1 , “ is the temple of 
a virgin, a certain deemon, from whom also the 
Promontory is named, one hundred stadia farther 
on, and called Parthenium ; having the fane of 
the darmon, and her image. Between the city 
(l) Sfrrab. (iw gT. lib. vii. p. 44G. ed. Ox on. 
