206 ATHENS. 
A monk told us that he was then busy in the 
Acropolis, making drawings in the EUECTIIEUM; 
therefore leaving our horses and baggage, we 
set out instantly in pursuit of him, anticipating 
the gratification we should receive, not- only in 
surprising him by our appearance where he had 
not the smallest expectation of seeing us, but 
also in viewing the noblest monuments of anti- 
quity with a Cicerone so well qualified to point 
but their beauties. 
Remarks As we are now about to ascend the ACRO- 
teri^ en POLIS, and of course to enter upon a descrip- 
tion*. ^ on Q f antiquities which are well known, it is 
necessary to premise that our observations will 
be brief. To give a detailed account of every 
thing which has been hitherto deemed worthy 
of notice in such a city as Athens, would be as 
much a work of supererogation as to republish 
all the inscriptions which have been found in the 
place, and to renew the detail of every circum- 
stance so often related concerning its antient 
history. The author's remarks will be confined 
to such observations as, to the best of his 
knowledge, have not been made by former 
travellers; but, perhaps, even in such a com- 
munication, it will not be always possible to 
avoid repeating what others may have said. 
