hill, and of another in a valley, several
broken pillars and two pedestals, from which I took these Latin
inscriptions:

DIVI. AUG. COL.
ET. COL. IUL. PHILIPPENSIS
EORUNDEM ET PRINCIP. AM
COL. IUL. PARIANAE. TRIBUN.
MILIT. COH. XXXII. VOLUNTAR.
TRIB. MILIT. LEG. XIII. GEM.
PRAEFECTO EQUIT. ALAE. I.
SCUBULORUM
VIC. VIII.

DIVI. IULI. FLAMINI
C. ANTONIO. M. F.
VOLT. RUFO. FLAMIN.
DIV. AUG. COL. CL. APRENS.
ET. COL. IUL. PHILIPPENSIS
EORUNDEM ET PRINCIP. ITEM
COL. IUL. PARIANAE TRIB.
MILIT. COH. XXXII. VOLUNTARIOR.
TRIB. MILIT. XIII.
GEM. PRAEF. EQUIT. ALAE. I.
SCUBULORUM
VIC. VII.

I do not doubt but the remains of a temple near this place, are the
ruins of one dedicated to Augustus; and I know not why Mr Sands calls
it a Christian temple, since the Romans certainly built hereabouts.
Here are many tombs of fine marble, and vast pieces of granate (sic),
which are daily lessened by the prodigious balls that the Turks make,
from them, for their cannon. We passed that evening the isle of
Tenedos, once under the patronage of Apollo, as he gave it in,
himself, in the particulars of his estate, when he courted Daphne.
It is but ten miles in circuit, but, in those days, very rich and
well-peopled, still famous for its excellent wine. I say nothing of
Tenes, from whom it was called; but naming Mytilene, where we passed
next, I cannot forbear mentioning Lesbos, where Sappho sung, and
Pittacus reigned, famous for the birth of Alcaeus, Theophrastus and
Arion, those masters in poetry, philosophy, and music. This was one
of the last islands that remained in the Christian dominion after the
conquest of Constantinople by the Turks. But need I talk to you of
Catucuseno, &c. princes that you are as well acquainted with as I am.
'Twas with regret I saw us sail from this island into the Egean (sic)
sea, now the Archipelago, leaving Scio (the ancient Chios) on the
left, which is the richest and most populous of these islands,
fruitful in cotton, corn and silk, planted with groves of orange and
lemon trees, and the Arvisian mountain, still celebrated for the
nectar that Virgil mentions. Here is the best manufacture of silks
in all Turkey. The town is well built, the women famous for their
beauty, and shew their faces as in Christendom.