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a child of marble, which they sent to Anapli:" there
were twenty-five of them who excavated, and they after-
wards received nine dollars a-piece, the amount of each
man's share of the sum obtained for the statues. A
Melian of the name of Ioannes, called, from his pro-
fession of dealer in antiquities, Antika-Yannis, also
came and duo- here afterwards. I am told marvellous
stories about the supernatural appearance of a negro,
who, when the excavators had discovered a certain en-
trance, was seen to stand with a drawn sword, forbidding
them to proceed with their work, and who, in fact,
deterred them from doing so.

Before I crossed the streamlet to visit the remains
at this church, I found the Albanian commandant of
Kisamo-Kasteli seated smoking his pipe under a tree
just by the village, and waiting till some of the vil-
lagers prepared his dinner: it was now nearly noon.
He wondered what could be my object in asking ques-
tions about the country, as he found out, both from
Manias and my Nopi'an guide, that I did. I succeeded
with a little difficulty in making him understand the
reasonableness of my endeavour to note down something
of places far distant from my home, in which I had
spent several months, and which, in all probability, I
should never see again.

Having finished my survey of the remains, at the
church of Haghios Ghedrghios, I went to a small hill
about a quarter of a mile to the south-south-east of the
church, and south of the village of Nopfa. On the
north-west side of this hill are two projecting square
towers, each about eight paces in width and with a
curtain of thirty-three paces in length between them.
Round the rest of the hill, which is only a few hundred
paces in circumference, are remains of a wall six feet
thick. It may be observed, that this hill is entirely
commanded by the loftier one about two hundred paces
off) on the side of which is situated the village of Nopia.
The stones of the wall and towers are of various sizes.