164 DISTRICT OF TROAS. 
CHAP, of the area were considerable remains of bat^-, 
whose stuccoed walls and terra-cotta conduits 
were still entire in several places. An excava- 
tion had been made by the Turks, on the south 
side, for the stones of the foundation, to the 
depth of twenty-two feet. By the appearance 
of the foundation, the walls, on this side at 
least, had been double, and admitted of a 
passage between them. Above this area (per- 
haps that of a temple), towards the north, were 
tombs. We entered an arched vault, tliirteen 
yards long, and five v/ide, and saw near to it 
the remains of a bath, wanting only the roof. 
Here lay some columns sixteen inches in dia- 
meter, among pieces of broken amphorce, frag- 
ments of marble, granite, basalt, blue chalcedony,, 
and jasper. The following letters, of the only 
Inscription we could find, on a brdken slab of 
marble, afford no other information than that the 
language in use here was Grecian; and eveu 
|;his evidei]ce must not be disregarded : 
, . ...... OS 
AION 
PIOY 
We presently came to the cornice of a Doric 
entablature, of such prodigious size, that our 
artist, Mons'. Preaux, st^id he had seen nothing 
