mills and a fmall fort j and on the oppofite, a caffcle by the fliore.
This was taken in the year 1656 by the Venetians in four days*
but foon after abandoned, as not tenable. The houfes, which
are numerous, ftand at the foot, or on the dope» of an acdivity j
with a flat between them and the fea, formed partly by foil
wafhed down from above. They reckon fix hundred Turkifli
families, and three hundred Greek. The church belonging to
the latter is decent.
W e found here but few remains of antiquity worthy notice.
We perceived on our landing a large and entire fascophagus or
Hone coffin ferving as a fountain, the top-ftone or lid being perforated
to admit a current of water, which fupplies the vent below
; and on one fide is an infcription. Near this we faw part o f
a fluted column converted into a mortar for bruifing corn; and in.
a Ihop was a remnant of teflellated pavement then recently difco-
vered. In the fireets, the walls, and burying-grounds, were pieces
of marble, and fragments of pillars, with a few infcriptions.
I n the evening, this being Sunday and a feftival, we were
much atnufed with feeing the Greeks, who were finging and
dancing, in feveral companies, ito miific, near the town* while
their women were fitting in groups on the roofs of the houfes,
which are flat, as fpedtators, at the fame time enjoying the foft
air and ferene fky.
W e were lodged much to our fatisfadfion in a large room,
with a xaifed floor matted, on which we flept in our clothes,
in company with two Jews and feveral Greeks j a cool breeze
entering all night at the latticed windows, and fweetening our
repofe. I
I n thefe countries, on account of the heat, it is ufual to rife
with die dawn. About day-break we received from the French
conful, a Greek with a refpedtable beard, a prefent of grapes,
the clufters large and rich, with other fruits all frefh gathered.
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We had, befides, bread and coffee for break-faft, and good
wines, particularly one fort, of an exquifite flavour, called muf-
•cadell. The ifland is defervedly famous for the fpecies o f vine
which produces this delicious liquor.
W e had been told, that an antient building remained on the
fouth-fide of the ifland, not much out of our way to the ruins
o f a city called Efki-Stamboul, on the continent of Alia. Our
Turks were waiting at the boat, and we juft ready to join them,
when we were informed that a fcheick was arrived from the
Afiatie Dardanell, which we had lately left, and that the prefence
of the conful was required on fome very urgent buflnefs at
Conftantinople. His brother, who had fet fail in the morning
•early to overtake him, remained with us in his ftead, and foon
won our -regard by his attention and civility.
C II A P. V I I .
SLeave Tenedos— An antiquity en the ijland— Fountains — ‘Their
•confruction ~ dtbeir ufe — Face o f the ijland —— Set fa ilfor the
continent.
A f t e-r fome -delay we got on board our wherry, and leaving
the port of Tenedos, coafted, with the ifland on our right hand.
We foon pafled a creek, which is frequented by fmall-craft during
the vintage, and has near it a folitary church with a fountain
or fpring of excellent water, and at fome diftance a quarry
o f ftone or marble. The gullies and the Hopes of the hills were
green with vines. We doubled a craggy point, and faw- fome
cliff’s inhabited by wild pigeons j with fome partridges; a few
cattle; and a church, by which, we were told, is a water noted
for its purgative qualities. We landed about tenon a. fair beach,
having gone almoft half round the ifland.
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