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turned bottom upwards, as a proof that he had 
emptied the contents of the vase. Upon 
another gem, which we were also unable to pur- 
chase, we observed an altar, supporting a bust 
of Bacchus crowned with vine-leaves, in a 
very singular attitude, with its mouth open, as 
if making a libation of the effects of intoxica- 
tion : around it appeared the letters of his 
name, YOOYNOIA, written, in very antient 
characters, from right to left. At the house of 
the Chancellor, from whom we experienced the 
most hospitable attention, we saw the hand of 
an antient statue, executed in the best style of 
Grecian sculpture, and certainly not inferior to 
any thing yet discovered. Also, near to his 
house, the torso and bust of a military figure, 
with a robe over the shoulder, of the most 
exquisite workmanship. The sculpture of the 
island appeared to be generally of the sort of 
marble called Parian, whether found in Paros or 
in Naxos ; and the remains of works in archi- 
tecture to have been executed in the splendid, 
broader-grained, and sparry marble, which is 
more peculiar to the Naxian quarries : but 
neither the one nor the other exhibited the 
smallest appearance of that false lustre and 
glittering surface which has sometimes, and 
very improperly, been supposed to characterize 
