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1G THE COASTS OF ^lOLIA, [ONIA, AND CARTA.
The south port is now blocked up and converted into a marsh. The remains of its mole still exist, but
there are no signs of a maritime arsenal. In a valley, whence springs a rivulet that runs into the southern
port, there are some large blocks of marble, the destination of which cannot be divined. The largest
measures about three yards, the smallest about two yards, each way. These immense cubes are cut into
prismatic forms, like small staircases and tablets: they can only be compared to enormous crystals of
sulphate of soda. They almost all bear unintelligible Latin inscriptions, amongst which may be read LOCO
IIII. No one has yet been able to explain the purpose for which these blocks wrere intended.
In the neighbourhood, and not far from Sevri-IIissar, are the quarries which furnished the marble of Teos.
It is grey and crystallized, belonging to the limestone formation of the peninsula of Erythise. This peninsula
is mountainous and uncultivated. Many villages inhabited by shepherds exist in its gorges, which were formerly
the resort of pirates called Coryceans, from Mount Corycus, the principal mountain.
The south port is now blocked up and converted into a marsh. The remains of its mole still exist, but
there are no signs of a maritime arsenal. In a valley, whence springs a rivulet that runs into the southern
port, there are some large blocks of marble, the destination of which cannot be divined. The largest
measures about three yards, the smallest about two yards, each way. These immense cubes are cut into
prismatic forms, like small staircases and tablets: they can only be compared to enormous crystals of
sulphate of soda. They almost all bear unintelligible Latin inscriptions, amongst which may be read LOCO
IIII. No one has yet been able to explain the purpose for which these blocks wrere intended.
In the neighbourhood, and not far from Sevri-IIissar, are the quarries which furnished the marble of Teos.
It is grey and crystallized, belonging to the limestone formation of the peninsula of Erythise. This peninsula
is mountainous and uncultivated. Many villages inhabited by shepherds exist in its gorges, which were formerly
the resort of pirates called Coryceans, from Mount Corycus, the principal mountain.