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has cheated others. Eshi Ereo-// signifying Old 
Heracica, we supposed that we should see here 
the ruins of that city, wliich also more antiently 
bore the name of Perixthus. But finding 
neither medals nor any considerable vestige of 
antiquity upon the spot, and that it was no 
maritime place, we inquired if there were any 
Pahco-castro in the neighbourhood ; and we 
learned, that, at two hours' distance, we had o"pe">r- 
left, upon our right hand, the pout and the "^"'' 
RUINS OF THE ANTIENT CITY. AcCOrding tO 
the report of the peasants, medals are often 
found there ; and they relate, that several 
columns and inscrihed inarbles are now lying 
among those ruins. There is a copious account 
of them in the Travels of Cornelius Le Bruyii ; 
and the previous descriptions of Spon and Whele^r 
mention inscriptions, pedestals of statues, and archi- 
tectural remains, found there. The port is good 
for large vessels ; but the inhabitants no longer 
carry on any commerce. They call the place 
Buyuk Ereg/i ; that is to say, Heraclea HemcUa. 
Major : and it is very probable that there 
antiently did exist a lesser town at Eski Eregli, 
which was called Heraclea Minor. Buyuk 
Eregli, as its name implies, is now the larger 
village of the two : it contains about one 
hundred houses, and a monasterv ; also another 
