392 PELOPONNESUS. 
CHAP, potass; but antiquaries in general do not choose 
II- to have the dark varnish removed. All Greek 
silver coins are not thus discoloured; many 
of them retain, in the highest perfection, the 
natural colour and lustre of the metal : those 
only exhibit the appearance of a Hack crust or 
varnish which have been exposed to the action 
of muriatic acid, either by immersion in sea 
water, or by coming into contact with it 
during the time that they have remained buried 
in the earth. As it had been our original 
intention to land at Epidaurus, to examine the 
remains of that city, so we determined now to 
go first to that port: but the people of Epidda 
told us that there were scarcely any vestiges 
even of ruins there; that all the antiquities we 
should find consisted of a headless marble 
statue answering to the description given by 
Chandler*) ; and that the remains of the Temple 
of jEsculapius, whom they called 'Aa-zXctxioe, 
were near to Ligurio. " There/' said one of 
the inhabitants, " are the Ruins of his Temple ; 
but the seat of his government and his pa- 
lace were at EPIDAURUS (Pidauro), although 
(8) Travels in Greece, p. 921. Oxford, 1776. Chandler calls it 
" a maimed statue of bad workmanship." 
