162 DISTRICT OF TROAS. 
CHAP, the shaft is bevelled, so as to present a poly- 
gonal surface. Others, of the same kind, were 
among the antiquities lying on the hill at 
Tchiblack. This column stands in the middle 
of a bason, serving as a public conduit, wholly 
constructed of antient materials. All these, 
together with an astonishing quantity of other 
stones for building, were brought from some 
Ruins lately discovered upon a lofty hill, which 
we were told we should pass immediately after 
leaving Beyramitch, in our journey towards the 
source of the Mender ; the Pasha havinof made 
very considerable excavations there, in search 
of marbles, and other building materials. In the 
streets of Beyramitch we noticed more than one 
Soros constructed of entire masses of granite, 
which the inhabitants had removed from the 
same place. One of the inhabitants told us he 
had lately brought thence several broken pieces 
of sculpture, to which we should be welcome, 
if we could obtain permission from the Pasha 
for their removal. This was granted, and we 
afterwards brought them to England'. 
(l) They are now in the vestibule of the University Library at 
Camh-idge. Que of them represents the lower half of a female 
figure^ the drapery of which is exquisitely fine : the other is a bust 
of Juno, in Parian marble. See " Greek Marbles," &c. p. 38. 
No. XVJ. and p. 48. No. XXVI. 
