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and the Promontory are three ports.” Being cn * p - 
guided therefore by this clue, and following the > , — ' 
coast, the three harbours mentioned by Strabo 
will be found to occur very regularly ; but it is 
not so easy to determine the particular promon- 
tory where the shrine and statue of the dcemon 
virgin was said to stand. As the coast inclines 
towards the south, a very remarkable black 
rock advances from the cliff into the sea, 
towards the west, perforated by a lofty natural 
arch: through this, boats may pass. The 
.singular appearance of such a scene might 
furnish a basis for superstition ; and above this 
rock were the remains of a building of an oblong 
form, constructed with considerable masses of 
stone, placed together without cement. Near 
the place were also other ruins. Farther on p ar the- 
is a promontory yet more striking: to this X-’Ial 
Formaleoni 3 gives the name of The Promontory of leont - 
Parthenium: it terminates by a perpendicular 
precipice of very great height. Then follows 
the bay where the Monastery of St. George is Monastery 
•situate, in a picturesque and singular situation, George. 
so placed among sloping rocks as to seem 
inaccessible. The few Monks who reside here 
have formed their little gardens upon terraces, 
(2) Hist. Philos, et Polit. du Comm. & c. dans le Mer Noire. Ven. 
8»o. 1739, 
