TO CONSTANTINOPLE. 119 
would be preferable to either. The Caravan- chap. 
111. 
serais are surrounded by mangers for the cattle: v_»-.^-«^ 
above these mangers are a series of about forty 
fire-places, extending along the walls, for tra- 
vellers to cook their victuals ; with a small space 
where they may lie down, with their feet reach- 
ing quite into the manger. 
The next morning, we enjoyed the sight of 
a most beautiful effect of sun-rise, from the 
window of the Khan. Clouds were rolling over 
the opposite Asiatic coast, in crimson volumes of 
the most vivid dye; the upper parts being of a 
lively purple, and all the sea in front of a 
dazzling whiteness. Opposite to the town, a 
little fleet of Turkish galiotes and caiques were 
at anchor. Rhodosto has little of the appearance 
of a very antient town: it is without walls; 
and we found no antiquities upon the spot. Belon 
confounded it with Perinthus'; whose situation 
is pointed out by its retaining the latter name 
of Heraclea. That Rhodosto was antiently Antient 
and vno- 
BisANTHE, is clearly shewn by UAnville*, from dem His- 
tory of 
________^ , Rhod)slc. 
(S) " Rhodosto est vne ville au riuasce du Phopontide, qui a nostre 
adais, anciennement auoit nom Perinlhus. Combien qu'il y aye des 
gents qui pensent que Perinlhus fust celle qu'on nomme maintensnt 
HeracUe." Belon, Observat. ea Grece, &c. f. 66, Parts, loon. 
(4) Ant. Geog. Part I. V. 239. Lond.n9\. 
