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after considerable negotiation, the price Avas agreed upon, and he gave me a written agreement to allow it
to be removed when sent for. Captain Spratt eventually carried off the figure, and it now stands under
the colonnade of the British Museum.1 There are no ruins of any temple from which this statue could have
been brought. A feAv fragments of architrave and other stones are to be seen in the Avails and at the
mouths of wells in the neighbourhood. I obtained here a coin of Elaea; /E 3, Head of Pallas with a
helmet; rev. A grain of barley Avithin a Avreath of olive-leaves between E and A.
We Avere not loth to leave this sAvampy unhealthy spot the next day for Sanderlik, the town from
which the gulf takes its name. It is a small place, but it possesses a castle, Avith a small garrison, and
has a governor with the title of mudir. We paid him a visit, and he permitted us to inspect the castle.
A Greek, avIio seemed to possess the best house in the toAvn, called to see us and invited us to dinner.
There are no remains of ancient Pitane, Avhich stood here, except some walls under water on the south side
of the peninsula on which the town stands.
As the breeze Avas increasing in violence, and Ave feared a gale, it was thought advisable to sail across
the mouth of the gulf before the gale came on. We did not reach the harbour of Pouges the same evening,
but landed for the night on a sandy beach at the extreme point of the cape which is opposite Karabournou.
The next morning we sailed into the port of Pouges, ancient Phocaea.
The modern town, Avhich is a place much frequented by caiques engaged in the coasting trade, stands
in a sheltered situation at the foot of a range of mountains. It is surrounded by Avails which appear to be
of the Byzantine period. I was taken to see two Roman pedestals standing in one of the streets, but could
hear of no other antiquities in the place, though I was informed that the peasants in the neighbourhood of
the town frequently came upon old foundations when digging wells and reservoirs.
We left the same day, and as we Avere favoured by the imbat or Avest AArind,—which bloAvs up the Gulf
of Smyrna almost every day during the summer months,—we reached the town before night on 5th
September.
1 M. Texier heard of the existence of this statue from a professor of the torso, for the benefit of those'who wish to compare the antique
of Greek in Paris sonic thirty years ago. The right shoulder of the with nature. The close resemblance of the one to the oilier is some-
figure lias been excellently restored. Mr. Newton has had a cast thing marvellous.
from the arm and chest of a muscular boatman placed by the side
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after considerable negotiation, the price Avas agreed upon, and he gave me a written agreement to allow it
to be removed when sent for. Captain Spratt eventually carried off the figure, and it now stands under
the colonnade of the British Museum.1 There are no ruins of any temple from which this statue could have
been brought. A feAv fragments of architrave and other stones are to be seen in the Avails and at the
mouths of wells in the neighbourhood. I obtained here a coin of Elaea; /E 3, Head of Pallas with a
helmet; rev. A grain of barley Avithin a Avreath of olive-leaves between E and A.
We Avere not loth to leave this sAvampy unhealthy spot the next day for Sanderlik, the town from
which the gulf takes its name. It is a small place, but it possesses a castle, Avith a small garrison, and
has a governor with the title of mudir. We paid him a visit, and he permitted us to inspect the castle.
A Greek, avIio seemed to possess the best house in the toAvn, called to see us and invited us to dinner.
There are no remains of ancient Pitane, Avhich stood here, except some walls under water on the south side
of the peninsula on which the town stands.
As the breeze Avas increasing in violence, and Ave feared a gale, it was thought advisable to sail across
the mouth of the gulf before the gale came on. We did not reach the harbour of Pouges the same evening,
but landed for the night on a sandy beach at the extreme point of the cape which is opposite Karabournou.
The next morning we sailed into the port of Pouges, ancient Phocaea.
The modern town, Avhich is a place much frequented by caiques engaged in the coasting trade, stands
in a sheltered situation at the foot of a range of mountains. It is surrounded by Avails which appear to be
of the Byzantine period. I was taken to see two Roman pedestals standing in one of the streets, but could
hear of no other antiquities in the place, though I was informed that the peasants in the neighbourhood of
the town frequently came upon old foundations when digging wells and reservoirs.
We left the same day, and as we Avere favoured by the imbat or Avest AArind,—which bloAvs up the Gulf
of Smyrna almost every day during the summer months,—we reached the town before night on 5th
September.
1 M. Texier heard of the existence of this statue from a professor of the torso, for the benefit of those'who wish to compare the antique
of Greek in Paris sonic thirty years ago. The right shoulder of the with nature. The close resemblance of the one to the oilier is some-
figure lias been excellently restored. Mr. Newton has had a cast thing marvellous.
from the arm and chest of a muscular boatman placed by the side
D