TO THESSALONICA. 387 
Diu77i and Tempe ; and it stood upon a rock, chap. 
having the sea in front, with a river upon one < y- ^ 
side of it^; and upon the land-side it was neces- 
sary to scale the walls. Its situation is, more- 
over, precisely that which Scylax has assigned 
for HeracIcwTiy in the way to Dium, Pydna, and 
Methone, upon the Gulph of Thermal We saw 
an aniient aqueduct supplying a fountain, the 
water of which fell into a Soros of white marble, 
serving as a cistern. The length of this Soros was 
seven feet nine inches ; its breadth, three feet 
ten inches; its depth, three feet two inches. Its 
sides were nearly seven inches thick. Below 
the Soros, as an additional reservoir, there was a 
marble bason, ornamented with grooving, four 
feet four inches in diameter ; and there were 
some large slabs, as of the remains of a temple, 
in front of the khan. The Turkish ccemetery is 
below the walls of the fortress, and close to the 
village. We witnessed the funeral of one of Turhisii 
the garrison. The body was barely covered 
(2) " Medi.\ regione inter Dium Teinpcque, inrupeamni immincnte 
positum." Ibid. cap. 8. 
(3) Ti^uTift TriXi; ManiStvitti 'H^uxXtior, Aiov, Tlv^ya 9CiiXt; 'EXXjivJ;, Mi^t/>»i 
v'o}.i; 'Z\Xr,u;, ». r. X. {Scj/lacit Curi/andeiisis Periplus, p. Gl. ed. Gronov. 
16'y7-) And this passage of Scylax is oi the more consequence, 'in 
ascertaining the position of Heracltu; because the same author has 
before stated, that Macedonia begins immediately after the passage uf 
the river Pentus. 
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