CORINTH. 555 
indebted for the restoration of their city: this 
temple occupied the same situation with respect 
to the AGORA that the present Ruin does with 
regard to the Bazar; and it is well known, that 
however the prosperity of cities may rise' or 
fall, the position of a public mart for buying 
and selling usually remains the same. We do 
not, however, bestow this name upon it; but 
leave its history to be hereafter determined; 
when future discoveries, upon the spot, shall 
have made the antiquities of Corinth better 
known than they are at present. 
While we were occupied in examining this 
building, and in collecting the different frag- 
ments of antient pottery scattered among the 
Ruins, the Governor sent to desire that we 
would visit him. We found him sitting in a , 
Governor 
mean little open apartment, attended by one of 
those French agents, who, under the name of 
apothecaries, carried on, at this time, a very 
regular system of espionnage throughout the 
Turkish empire ; and especially in Greece. This 
gentleman offered to be our interpreter: we 
told him that we had with us a person who 
(4) 'Trip Ji rtit 'AFOPAN iVr/n 'OKTABIA3 NAOS, *. r. X. Paui. Cor. 
c.3. p. 116. ed.Kutmii. 
