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G31< REPORT ON THE ISLAND OF COS.
The greater part of tlic north side of the fortress
was destroyed by the explosion of a powder maga-
zine, a few years ago. Amongst the ruins of this
part, I found a portion of a draped female figure
seated, of good Greek workmanship, which had
apparently formed part of a large frieze, as it was
in relief, and not of great thickness.
Near the houses occupied by the garrison, which
are situated between the outer and inner walls, I
discovered a mutilated composite capital and a
piece of frieze of a late period.
During the day I called to see Demctri Platanis-
tes, an intelligent Greek merchant resident at Cos,
who has made a small collection of antiquities. In
his garden was a Greek lion of good style built into
the wall, hut so mutilated as not to be worth removal.
27th Nov.—Having heard that a well in a field a
mile and a half to the cast of the town contained
numerous sculptures, I went to inspect it. This
well was 8' square, 30' deep, dry, and built of
large blocks. Having descended, I found that
the ignorance of the owner had given rise to a
greatly exaggerated report, as there were only five
cippi of ordinary character, supporting architraves
upon which the walls of the well rested. (Plate
LXXXIL, figg. 13 2.) There was an inscription on
one of the cippi, and on a block in the wall Avas
inscrihed the name Parmeniskos.
At a short distance from this, there was another
well in the garden of Djamil Bey, into which were
built, at a depth of twelve feet, a small headless
statue, and a fragment of frieze with figures.
The greater part of tlic north side of the fortress
was destroyed by the explosion of a powder maga-
zine, a few years ago. Amongst the ruins of this
part, I found a portion of a draped female figure
seated, of good Greek workmanship, which had
apparently formed part of a large frieze, as it was
in relief, and not of great thickness.
Near the houses occupied by the garrison, which
are situated between the outer and inner walls, I
discovered a mutilated composite capital and a
piece of frieze of a late period.
During the day I called to see Demctri Platanis-
tes, an intelligent Greek merchant resident at Cos,
who has made a small collection of antiquities. In
his garden was a Greek lion of good style built into
the wall, hut so mutilated as not to be worth removal.
27th Nov.—Having heard that a well in a field a
mile and a half to the cast of the town contained
numerous sculptures, I went to inspect it. This
well was 8' square, 30' deep, dry, and built of
large blocks. Having descended, I found that
the ignorance of the owner had given rise to a
greatly exaggerated report, as there were only five
cippi of ordinary character, supporting architraves
upon which the walls of the well rested. (Plate
LXXXIL, figg. 13 2.) There was an inscription on
one of the cippi, and on a block in the wall Avas
inscrihed the name Parmeniskos.
At a short distance from this, there was another
well in the garden of Djamil Bey, into which were
built, at a depth of twelve feet, a small headless
statue, and a fragment of frieze with figures.