28 PLAIN OF MARATHON. 
CHAP, immediately sat down, and began to make a 
, delineation of it'. This he also finished before 
V. 
he quitted the spot; and we admired it too 
Sepulchre mucli to omit the mention of it. The other 
piataans. Sepulclire, betwecn this and the Tomb of the 
Athenians, is shaped more like a tumulus, the 
base being circular; but it was the smallest of 
the three, and evidently had never been so 
considerable, either as the Tomb of the Athe- 
nians, or this Monument with a square basis ^. 
Judging therefore from their appearance, and 
also being guided by the order in which they 
are named by Pamanias, we vv-ere induced to 
believe the small circular Tomb to be that of 
the Plat.eans ; and the more magnificent 
Monument to have been that of Miltiades'. 
(1) This Tomb measures eig^hty paces in circumference, and 
thirteen from the base to the summit. The dimensions of the stones, 
which are of Pentelican marble, are as follow : 
Feet Inches 
Length ----4.8 
Breadth - - . . 2 . 4 
Thickness - - - . i . l 
(2) See their relative situation in the Author's Topographical Chart 
of the Plain. 
(3) Upon this Monument we found a beautiful and perhaps a new 
species oi Oak, of which we have not seen the fructification. The 
leaves are downy below, and vary much both in their form and inden- 
tation; but are f^-enerally of a more or less elongated heart-shape ; 
cither simply dentated at the edges, or sinuatcd towards the end. The 
other Plants collected by us at flIma(Ji07i, either at the IWage or in 
the Plain, may be mentioned here : 
I. The 
