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until a late hour in the night in making a selec- 
tion and purchasing some of them. We fixed 
the price, as usual, at two paras for every 
medal in bronze, and one piastre for every silver 
medal, without making any distinction after- 
wards which might cause altercation or bar- 
gaining. Every person, who arrived with bronze 
or silver medals, knew at his coming what he 
was to receive, if we made any purchases ; and 
we took care never to deviate from the price 
we had fixed, however desirable the acquisition 
might be. A few were offered at a higher 
price ; and upon our refusing to give it, they 
were taken away. In this manner we lost some 
silver medals of Thasos ; but in general the 
persons who brought them were very glad to 
get what we proposed : those who sold any to 
us, afterwards spread the news about the 
place, and sent others with more. In this 
manner we purchased one hundred and 
twenty-six medals in bronze, and six in silver : 
many of them were rare, and some we had 
never seen before. But among the bronze 
medals, the number of those of Amphipolis 
was very remarkable. There were also coins of 
Alexander and of Philip. A beautiful little 
silver medal, having on one side a lobster or 
craij-Jish, and upon the other a dolphin, is still 
