vir. 
272 FROM THE HELLESPONT 
CHAP, his Manuscript Journal, the mole is now become 
J an isthmus ; connecting the Triopian Promontory 
a few remains of ruined walls, the vestiges of the antient Bargasa, 
enumerated by Strabo after Keramos, in his description of the gulph» 
With some trouble, after standing northward for some hours, we 
doubled Cape Crio, under a very heavy swell, and soon ran before the 
wind into the southern harbour of Cnidus : at the mouth of this we 
moored, under a rocky shore, near the eastern extremity of the city walls. 
Some large stones, which have served for the foundation of a tower, are 
still seen on the edge of the sea. Mounting the rock, extending along 
tiie sliore, we came in view of tlie broken cliffs of the Acropolis, and its 
ruined walls. The foundation and lower courses of the city walls are 
also visible : these extend from those of the Acropolis to the sea, and 
have been strengthened by towers, now also in ruins. Above us, we 
found a building {See B. of Uie Plan) whose use I am unable to explain. 
It was a plain wall of brown stone, with a semicircle in the centre, and 
a terrace in front, supported by a breast-work of masonry, facing the 
sea. The wall was about ten or twelve feet in height, solidly built of 
hewn stone, but without ornament. We now turned westward, along 
the shore. The hill on our right was a steep slope, covered with old 
foundations and traces of buildings : behind these rose the rocky points 
and higher eminences, where the Acropolis is situate. We sooa came 
to the Theatre, whereof the marble seats remain, although mixed with 
bushes, and overturned. The arches and walls of the Proscenium ai-e 
now a heap of ruins on the ground. A large torso of a fettiale figure 
with drapery, of white marble, lies in the orchestra. It appeared of good 
work originally, but is so mutilated and corroded by the air as to be of 
little or no consequence. Near tliis are the foundations and ruins of 
a magnificent Corinthian temple, also of white marble ; and several 
beautiful fragments of the frieze, cornice, and capitals, lie scattered about 
the few bases of the peristyle, remaining in their original situation. It 
is so ruined, that it would be, I believe, impossible to ascertain the ori. 
ginal form and proportions of the building. We left the isthmus that 
divides the two harbours on our left ; and on the eastern shore of the 
north harbour came to a still larger Corinthian temple, also in ruins, and 
still more overgrown with bushes. The frieze and cornice of this temple, 
wliich lie amongst the ruins, are of the highest and most beautiful work- 
mamhip. A little to the north of this stood a smaller temple, of grey 
veined 
