606 ELEUSIS TO ATHENS. 
A part of the pavement of the Via Sacra is 
still visible after quitting the site of the Temple 
Via Sacra* _^ ., . 
of Ceres, and the remains or several monuments 
appear upon either side of it The great ruins 
of the Aqueduct are upon the left. Soon after- 
wards, close to the road, on the same side of 
the way, appears an oblong quadrangular base 
of some fine structure, consisting of large blocks 
of white marble, neatly fitted together. There 
are other works of the same kind. Perhaps 
every one of these might be ascertained, by a 
careful attention to the description given of the 
objects in this route by Pausanias 1 . Soon after 
leaving Eleusis, the road bears eastivud across 
the Thriasian Plain, which is marshy towards 
the sea; and the remains of the old causeway, 
consisting of large round stones, overgrown 
with rushes, along which the annual procession 
moved from Athens, is conspicuous in many 
places. Here we crossed the bed of a river 
almost dry, and saw by the side of it the 
vestiges of a Temple. Another superb basement 
appeared in this part of the road, similarly 
constructed, and of the same materials with 
(1) 'lauffi at l-r 'EXiu<r7ta U- 'Afriiuv, n> 'Af 
Paus. Attica, c. 36'. p. 88. ed. Kuhnii. 
