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would have put him instantly to death: and the CHAP. 
only reason we could assign for its never being v^^l^ 
afterwards noticed, was, that however gene- 
rally it became the subject of conversation 
among the Turkish females of the city, their 
Moslem masters were kept in ignorance of the 
transaction. 
We remained in the Citadel during the rest Further 
of the day; not only to avoid any probable tionsin'th* 
consequences of this affair, but also that we Acropol( 
might once more leisurely survey the inter- 
esting objects it contains; and, lastly, have an 
opportunity of seeing, from the Parthenon, the 
sun setting behind the Acropolis of Corinth; one 
of the finest sights in all Greece. 
It was mentioned in the preceding Chapter, 
that the frieze of the Erecthcum, and of its 
porticoes, consists of a bluish-grey limestone, 
resembling slate; and that the tympanum of 
the pediment is likewise of the same stone ; but 
the rest of the temple is of marble. Perhaps 
this kind of limestone was introduced into 
those parts of the building intended to contain 
inscriptions; because the letters, when cut, 
being of a different colour from the polished 
