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tombs; but they are all so much decayed that it was not worth 
while making plans of them, and those farther from the city are in 
no better state ; some are filled with sand washed in by the sea, 
which has encroached considerably upon the land at Apollonia, and 
surrounds occasionally some very conspicuous tombs which form 
striking objects to the westward of the town. 
On the two islands which are opposite the town there are some 
excavations and remains of building ; but as we had no boat with us, 
and none is to be found in the neighbourhood, Apollonia, not being 
used in modern times as a port, we were unable to ascertain their 
precise nature. The islands are very small, but the town receives 
great protection from them in northerly gales, although the shelter 
which they afford is not sufficient, we should imagine, for vessels, 
even if there should be water enough inside them. 
By the 20th June we had completed our plan of Apollonia, which, 
from the incumbered state of the ruins, was no easy task to accom- 
plish, and we think that little more could be satisfactorily made out 
without removing the heavy blocks of stone which are everywhere 
scattered over the town : but this labour would probably be greater 
than the object appears to demand, since the ground-plans which 
remain are not of any great antiquity, and, with the exception of the 
churches, and perhaps the other buildings which we have given, do 
not seem to call for much more attention than we were able to 
bestow upon them. We must confess we should have liked to 
remain there a little longer to have excavated about the largei 
theatre, where statues would probably be found ; we say the larger 
