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CHAPTER XXVII.

KEPORT ON TUB ISLAND OK COS.

BY 5IK. E. P. PULLAN.

Town of Cos; castle built by the Knights of St. John ; date of
gateway ; slabs of frieze in the walls ; other ancient remains;
cippi in well ; journey to Pyli ; Charmyleion ; remains of an-
cient port; Antimaehia; Kephalas ; church of Palatia, and
ruins of temple on site of ancient isthmus ; Aatypalsea; castle
at the extremity of the island ; castle at Antimaehia ; church
of Hagios Theodoros ; discovery of long inscription on octagonal
column ; town of Palaio Pyli ; Byzantine churches and castle ;
return to Cos.

On the 26fcli of November, 1857, I proceeded
from Budrum to the town of Cos, accompanied by
Corporal Spackman, R.E. In the course of the
day I visited the castle, which is an extensive
building in the form of a parallelogram, occu-
pying a narrow neck of land which intervenes
between the sea and the ancient port. It is iso-
lated from the town by a dry fosse. The fortress
consists of two oblong enclosures with circular
bastions at the angles. The inner work is of the
time of the Knights of Rhodes, whose shields occur
on the bastions and connecting curtains, in the
same positions as in the castles of Rhodes and