ISLAND OF COS. 439 
These Inscriptions, notwithstanding the expe- ^"j^/"" 
•dition, and the circumspection also, requisite in ^ " v- -' 
tracing them, the author believes he has copied tions. 
with accuracy. The first is a most affecting 
and beautiful memorial of filial piety in an emi- 
nently virtuous woman. It is in the wall, on 
the left side of the Castle-gate, to a person 
facing the entrance. It sets forth, that " the 
SENATE AND PEOPLE HAVE HONOURED SUE- 
TONiA THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF CAIUS, WHO 
HAS LIVED CHASTELY AND WITH DECORUM; 
BOTH ON ACCOUNT OF HER OWN VIRTUE, AND 
THE BENEVOLENCE SHE HAs' SHEWN TOWARDS 
HER FATHER." The Icgcud is as follows; con- 
taining an instance of a Latin word gr<ecised in 
'PT^stf^ocv; signifying " the eldest" 
ABOYAAKAIOAAMOZ 
ETEIMAZANSOYHXn 
N lANrAIOYGYTATEPA 
nPEINANZHZAXAN 
sn<s>P0NnzKAiK05: 
MlilZAIATETANAYTAZ 
APETANKAIAIATANEZ 
TONRATEPAAYTAZ 
SOYHTHNIONEPNEI 
ANEYNOIANTEJMAZXAPIN 
Section r but in the very besintiin? of his undertaking- (See Part I. 
Vol. I. p. 3.) the author promised to make his Work '' as similar as 
possible to the state in wliic/t A'otes tal-en on the spot were mude ;" and 
he is not conscious of having ever deviated from his eujajenient. 
