346 ATHENS. 
CHAP, now used as a cistern. This Monastery is 
i ~^~ _. visible from Athens. The water from the foun- 
tain falls into the Ilissus. We found here a 
slab of white marble, with an inscription : the 
stone had been brought from some ruins near 
another convent, higher up than the Monastery, 
and upon an opposite eminence towards Athens. 
Our guide wished much to conduct us thither ; 
but we postponed going, in order to copy this 
inscription, until it was too late ; as we wished 
to reach the summit of Hymettus before noon, 
that we might there estimate the temperature 
of the atmosphere, and also avail ourselves of 
the clearness and serenity of the weather for 
other observations. From the distant view we 
had of those ruins, added to the description 
given of them, there seemed to be a ground- 
plot and foundation as for a temple. This 
marble, which had been brought from the spot, 
will of course render the place worthy the 
examination of future travellers. The subject 
of the Inscription relates- to the genealogy of 
some family. We have since found that it 
image of Isis, according to Herodotus (lib. ii.), had the form of a 
woman with the horns of a cow upon her head, as the Grecians 
represented IO. fVtieler seems to allude to this piece of sculpture, 
(See Journey into Greece, Hook \ II. p. 411. Land. 1682.) but he 
calls it " a sheep's head." 
