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of Corinthian sepulchres mentioned by Strabo", CHAP. 
seem to have escaped violation ; for their 
entrances, although visible, appear never to have 
been opened since they were closed, and are 
almost buried. Beneath these tombs there are 
caves in the rocks; and one of the tumuli seems 
to be stationed over a sepulchal cavern of this 
kind. The remarkable accuracy of Pausanias 
is' perhaps in no instance more strikingly mani- 
fested than in the description he has given of the 
Canal; corresponding, even to the letter, with its 
present appearance 3 . We followed the Canal to 
the shore. Here we observed that the rocks 
had been hewn into steps, for landing goods from 
the port towards the Canal and other works. 
The remains of the Temple of Neptune are very 
considerable. It has not yet ceased to be a place 
of worship. We found here one of the idol 
pictures of the Greek Church, and some antient 
vases, although in a broken state, serving as 
vessels and offerings upon the present altar. 
There is a bath to which they still bring patients 
for relief from various disorders. A short time 
(2) Vid. Slrabon. Geog. lib. viii. pp. 553, 554. ed. Of on. 1807. 
(3) KJ eSiv u.it aiaavfriiv nzra, o^.\ev Itrnv, I; Si ri nrfeftts 
(rxra.1 *{%** Pausnn. in Carinthiac. c. 1. p. 112. ed. JTn^m'i, See'aho 
the nnette to this Chapter. 
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