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522 TOMB OX PENINSULA.
tures like the lion tomb. Half an hour from
Yasikoi, on the right-hand side of the road, are
the remains of a circular tomb, 72' in diameter,
of isodomous Hellenic masonry. In the centre
of this tomb an aperture has been forcibly
made, through which it has been opened and
plundered.
This hole, which is large enough to admit a
man's body, opens into a grave or passage, the
sides and roof of which are composed of large
ashlar stones. A few yards to the north of this
tomb a Avail of good Hellenic masonry forms one
of the sides of a Turkish house. This wall has
been part of another tomb, the basement of
which measured 18' from east to west and 10^'
from north to south.
In the road close by was a large limestone
block, perhaps an. architrave of the tomb. On it
were the remains of an inscription, Avhich, from the
form of the letters, was probably of the time of
Pericles. I distinguished the words—
KttXAiG-TgGCTOu 6nya.Tpog . . . xXeucr
■yuva.ix.oi;.
As we approached Yasikoi we skirted on our
right a small stream, along the right bank of which
was a long line of Hellenic wall beautifully fitted
with polygonal masonry, and evidently intended
to support the land from the undermining action
of the stream. Beyond this stream on our right
Avas an isolated steep hill, on the summit of which
are the remains of a Genoese or Turkish castle,
tures like the lion tomb. Half an hour from
Yasikoi, on the right-hand side of the road, are
the remains of a circular tomb, 72' in diameter,
of isodomous Hellenic masonry. In the centre
of this tomb an aperture has been forcibly
made, through which it has been opened and
plundered.
This hole, which is large enough to admit a
man's body, opens into a grave or passage, the
sides and roof of which are composed of large
ashlar stones. A few yards to the north of this
tomb a Avail of good Hellenic masonry forms one
of the sides of a Turkish house. This wall has
been part of another tomb, the basement of
which measured 18' from east to west and 10^'
from north to south.
In the road close by was a large limestone
block, perhaps an. architrave of the tomb. On it
were the remains of an inscription, Avhich, from the
form of the letters, was probably of the time of
Pericles. I distinguished the words—
KttXAiG-TgGCTOu 6nya.Tpog . . . xXeucr
■yuva.ix.oi;.
As we approached Yasikoi we skirted on our
right a small stream, along the right bank of which
was a long line of Hellenic wall beautifully fitted
with polygonal masonry, and evidently intended
to support the land from the undermining action
of the stream. Beyond this stream on our right
Avas an isolated steep hill, on the summit of which
are the remains of a Genoese or Turkish castle,