THESSALONICA. 44^ 
The remarkable tradition certainly entitles this chap. 
XI. 
Torso to some consideration. At the feet of - 
the figure is represented the stern of a ship. 
The day after our arrival, we visited the 
other principal antiquities of the place ; but 
there may be many concealed, which we did 
not see. Beaujour mentions several fine struc- 
tures of the Lower Empire ; and he says, that 
Thessalonica ranks next to Athensy in the number 
of works left by the antients*. 
Our first visit was paid to that celebrated ^'"'py- 
piece of architecture, which is represented, ^heHippo- 
by a series of beautiful and very accurate 
engravings, in the splendid work of Athenian 
Stuart*. This building is called, by the Spanish 
Jews who reside here, the Incantadas ; mean- 
ing thereby, '' enckaiUed Jigures." Being situate 
in the Jews' quarter, it marked at this time the 
very focus of the plague contagion. In con- 
sequence, however, of the alarm the disorder 
had occasioned, this part of the town was almost 
deserted ; and we had leisure to examine the 
(3) See Felix Beaujour, ibid. p.3I. 
(4) See StnarVs " Antiquities of Athens," vol. III. chap. 9. p. 53. 
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