parts óf the fame defign 5 reprefenting the death o f Patroclus,
and the bringing -of his body to Achilles. A third is in baffo relievo.
The figures on it are a man leading away a little boy, a
Corpfe extended, two women lamenting, and foldiers bearing
forth the armour and weapons of the deceafed, to decorate his
Funeral pile. This, if it be not the fequel of that tranfaClion,
may be referred to the ftory o f HeCtor. The fourth is carved
With boys and vine-branches, -much injured. The gate-way
Faces the fea. Within the caftle are a few huts, an old mofque,
and a great deal of rabbifh. I f you move a ftone here, it is a
chance but you find a fcorpion under it.
T he grand mofque is fituated beneath the caftle, weftward.
The fide next the foot of the hill is of ftone j the remainder, o f
veined marble polifhed. The two domes are covered with lead,
and each is adorned with the Mahometan crefcent. In front
is a court, in which was a large fountain to fupply the devout
muffulman with water, for the purifications required by his
law. The broken columns are remains of a portico. The three
"entrances of a court, the door-ways of the mofque, and many
o f thé window-cafes have mouldings in the Saracenic ftile, with
fentences, as we fiippofed, from the Koran in Arabic characters
handfomely cut. The windows have wooden frames, and -are
latticed with wire. The infide is mean, except the kiblé or
■ portion toward Mecca, which is ornamented with carving,
.painting, and gilding. TheminaTet is fallen. We found-a long
"Greek infcription * nearly effaced, in the wall of the fide nextto
Gallefus. The fabric was raifed with old materials. The large
granate columns, which fuftain the roof, and the marbles, are
Spoils from arrtient Ephefus.
T he aquaeduCt, on the oppofite fide of the caftle-hill, reaches
from the foot quite acrófs the plain, eaftward to mount PaCtyas.
The piers are fquare and tall, and many in number, with arches
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of brick. They are conftruCted chiefly with infcribed pedeftals ;
on one of which is the name of Atticus Herodes, whole ftatue it
has fupported. We copied or collated fevcral, but found none
which have not been publilhed. The minute diligence of earlier
collectors had been extended to the unimportant fragments,
and even Angle words within reach, from the firft to the forty
fifth pier. The marbles yet untouched would furnilh a copious
and curious harveft, if acceffible. The downfall of Come may
be expected continually, from the tottering condition of the fabric
; and time and earthquakes will fupply the want of ladders,
for which the traveller withes in vain at a place, where, if a tall
man, he may almoft overlook the houfes. It has been furmifed,
that the water, which was conveyed in earthen pipes to the
aquaeduCt, came from a famous fpring named Halitsea. That
now is intercepted, no moifture trickling from the extremity of
the duCt on the mountain. The ruin abounds in fnakes. We
faw a very long one twilling between the Hones, which are not
accurately joined ; and the peafants with us attacked and killed
it. We likewile difturbed fome cameligns and lizards, which
were balking in the fun. We were in danger near the village
from large fierce dogs, which the boys encouraged to worry and
-to attack us.
I n the way from Aiafaluck to Guzel-hiffar or Magnefia by the
Meander, about four or five miles diftant, is a narrow woody
valley with a ftream, over which is an antient bridge of three
arches. Two long lines, one in Latin, the other in Greek, are
-infcribed on it, and inform us, it was dedicated to the Ephefian
Diana, the emperor Csefar Auguftus, Tiberius Cafar his fon,
and to the people of Ephefus; and alfo that Pollio, a Roman,
ereCled it at his own expenfe. This fabric has been deformed
-by a fubfcquent addition ; the three arches now fuftaining fix,
intended to convey a current of water acrofs the valley, probably
to the aquaeduCt of Aiafaluck.