108 ISLAND OF NAXOS. 
OF BACCHUS, upon an insular rock on the north 
side of the port. The portal of this temple has 
been long famous, and an account of it is given 
in every book of travels where Naxos is men- 
tioned. It is asserted, that the isle was once 
connected with Naxos by means of a bridge 
and an aqueduct : the author of the " Voyage 
Pittoresque de la Grlce" says that its vestiges 
are yet visible 1 : we did not observe them, 
when we were upon the spot. It is an error 
to suppose, as many have affirmed, that nothing 
remains of the temple but this portal, although 
it be true that little else can be seen. Consi- 
dering the pains that have been lately bestowed 
by many of our English travellers in making 
excavations in different parts of Greece, it is 
rather extraordinary that no person has been 
induced to lay open the site of this remarkable 
building, where there are no Turks to interfere 
with the workmen, and where there is almost 
a certainty of reward for their trouble. For 
our part, we had not the means of carrying on 
such works ; but we uncovered a part of the 
soil, and discovered a beautiful capital of a 
Doric pillar, thereby ascertaining the order of 
(1) Voy. Pittor. ton). I. p. 4U. Paris, 1732. 
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