T h e . temple o f Jupiter Panhellenius is of the Doric order,
and had fix columns in front.. It has twenty one- of the exterior
columns yet Handing j with the two in the front- o f . the
pronaos -and o f the pofticum j and five o f the number, which-
formed the ranges within the cell. The entablature, except the
architrave, is fallen. The ftone is of a light brownilh colour,1
much eaten in many places, and by its decay wifeneffing a very-
great age. Some o f the columns have been, injured by boring
to their centres for the metal. 'In feveral the junction o f the
parts is fb exait, that each feems to confift of one piece. Digging
by a column o f the portico of the naos, we difeovered a
fragment of-fine fculpture. It. was the. hind-part of a-greyhound,
of white marble, and belonged, it is probable, to the ornaments
fixed on the freeze, which has a groove in it, as for their infer-
tion. I fearched afterwards for this remnant, bat found only a
finall bit, with- fome Ipars; fufficient to Ihow that the trunk
had been broken and removed. The temple -was inclofed- by*a
peiibolus or- wall, of which traces are e-xtant. We confidered
this ruin as a very curious article, iearcely to be paralleled-- in
claim.to- remote antiquity. The fituarion on a lonely m©antaine
at^a difiance from the fea, has prefer-ved it from totald emelition
amid all the changes and- accidents o f; numerous centuries.
Since- the worfhip o f Jupiter has been abolilbed, and-A£acus>
forgotten, that has been its principal protection j and willi-it* is
likely, in fome degree prolong its duration to ages- yet remote. -
W e continued our journies up the mountain, until1 ourwork
was done, fetting out before fun-rife and returning toour bark
in the evening. The heat o f noon, during which we- repoled
under a tree or in the fhade o f the temple, was exeeffiye. A
fouth-eafterly wind fucceeded, blowing lrelh, and- murmuring
amufively among the pines. On the third day toward evening,-
we defceaded to the fbore, embarked haftily and unmoored j
bringing away the carcafe of a pig on a wooden, fpit, half roaft-
ed. We were apprehenfive Jell ,the wind, which at'that feafon?
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commonly fets into the gulf in the day-time, and comes in
a contrary direction Icon after funfet, fhould fail, before we
could reach!the- port of the afttient city. The boys mounted to
the' lharp ends of the yards, high in air above the malls, undid
thé knots of the fails, which were furled'j- and tied them anew
With rulhes. We were towed out of the bay, and then pulling
the1 ropes,"the rulhes breaking fell down, and the canvafs fpread.
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Shoals -afid rocks — A phceriomenon -— We 'anchor in the mole o f
' JEgina -—O f the t if f—-OftBe"barrow o f Phocus—'-Pbreattys—-
-O fO ea -—^ k rprèfek tm vn -— ‘Phe ifiand. *
W E paffed round the eaftern end ö f ‘the iflantf,1 hear a pointed
rock called Turlo^ and fotnëtinies miftaken for a veflel under
fail J! thelMcity JRgimt fronting Libs or the fbuth-weft. T he
cöaft was molHy abrupt* and itfacceffible; the land within, mountainous
and' woody. ’ Our crew was for fomè'time engaged in
looking'but for ohe of'the forking fhoals, with which it is environed'.
Thefc, and the Angle rocks extant-above the forface,
are fo many hi number, and "their'" pofitioft1 lb dangerous, that
thtf navigation tóf iEgiha was" antiently reckoned more" difficult
thkA t64kny*óther o f the rflands.‘ The jEginetahs,1 indeed, faid,
they Were purpofely cóntrivedj and dilpoled by ASaihis to proteéfc
their property from piratical robbers, and for a terror to their
enemies.’ I
W e were how amufed b y a very ftriking phaenomenon.
The finrWas'fcttingj and the'titoon; then rifen in the eaftern
or oppofite portion of the hemilphere, was feen adorned as
it were-with the beams’ b f that ‘glorious luminary, which ap-
pbared, probabJy from the reflexion Or rtfraaion o f the atmo-
lphere, not as pfual; but inverted, the lharp end pointing to the
horizon, and *the ray “widening Upwards.
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