E L E U S I S. 605 
"We must now break the thread of our CHAP. 
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narrative respecting the Antiquities of Eleusis, by v. ,.^ ,/ 
a transition as sudden as was the cause of it. 
Having made some proposals to the priest of 
the village for the purpose of purchasing and 
removing the mutilated fragment of the Statue of 
Ceres, and of using his influence with the people 
to this effect, we were informed that these mea- 
sures could only be pursued by obtaining a 
firman from the Waiwode of Athens i to whom, as 
lord of the manor, all property of this descrip- 
tion belonged. We no sooner received the 
information, than we resolved to set off instantly 
from Eleusis; and endeavour to accomplish so 
desirable an object. For the present, therefore, 
our observations must be principally confined 
to the subject of this undertaking. 
It has been before stated, that Ibrahim, our 
Tchohadar, was himself a kinsman of the Gover- 
nor of Athens; the very person to whom an 
application in this instance was necessary. This 
man promised all the assistance in his power ; 
and it was agreed, that the whole management 
of the affair, as far as it related to the JVaiwode, 
should be left to his discretion. We gave up suAknde- 
1 part lire for 
the design we had formed, of remaining for the Aihent. 
present at Eleusis, and set out for Athens. 
