32 . PLAIN OF MARATHON. 
CHAP. Marathonian Statue, considered with respect to 
its locality and the circumstances of its dedica- 
tion, independently of its merit as a work of art, 
would be a valuable acquisition among the best 
relics of Grecian sculpture, even in its present 
ruinous condition. We found it lying in a pool 
of water, upon a small island in. the midst of the 
marsh, surrounded by the other Ruins we have 
mentioned. Near to the Statue there was a 
block of marble, with part of an Inscription 
in very large characters, whereof only the four 
following remained: 
K A 1 N 
and these did not appear to be of great antiquity. 
Having concluded our examination of the 
southern extremity of the Plain, which is here 
bounded, beyond this marsh, by the eastern 
temiination of Mount Pentelicus, projecting into 
the sea, and forming a small bay, we began to 
traverse its principal extent, parallel to the 
shore, from its south-western towards its north- 
eastern extremity. For this purpose we passed 
once m.ore the lofty conical mound or Tomb of 
the Atheniansy and the Monument which we have 
called that o^Miltiades. Proceeding through the 
cotton grounds and the corn land, and leaving 
