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in ELIS. A single but imperfect impression of CHAP. 
this last coin exists in the Collection at Paris. t 
That which we obtained exhibited in front a bull 
standing upon a dolphin, with the letters \/lY; 
and for the obverse side an indented square. 
Any silver medal belonging to these Albanians 
might be bought of them for a few new paras, 
not worth a penny; but if paid in old coin, they 
would not part with one for the same number 
of piastres. Ibrahim, it is true, had a summary 
way of settling these matters : by demanding 
every thing a coup de baton, he shortened all 
treaties, whether for horses, food, lodging, or 
antiquities, by the speedy dispersion of all 
whom he approached. For this reason, when- 
ever we wished to deal with the natives, we 
took especial care to send him out of the way. 
After our return to the village of Basilico, we 
dismissed Ibrahim with the baggage ; and the 
people finding themselves secure from Turkish 
chastisement, came round us with their wives 
and children, bringing all the antiquities they 
could collect. 
We then set out for Corinth. As we de- 
scended from the Acropolis, we plainly per- 
ceived the situation of the gate to have been in the 
fosse, above the place where the fountain now is. 
Here we noticed the remains of the old paved 
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