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 as the ituation is well calculated for perpetuating, by thee means, the memory of any illutrious peron. A Fane or Temple is there contructed, built of quared tone, and is a repectable edifice; but the Image of Mercury, which it contains, is neither worthy the Temple, nor the ituation in which it tands. Wherefore, if You hould think proper, end to me a Statue of Mercury of not more than five feet in height, as uch a ize eems well proportioned, and uitable to that of the building. I requet alo a Statue of Phileius of four feet in height; for it eems to me reaonable that the latter hould have a temple and an altar in common with his Ancetor. Hence whilt ome perons acrifice to Mercury, and ome to Phileius, and others to both, they will all do what is agreeable to both thee Deities; to Mercury, as they honour his Decendant; to Phileius, as they honour his Ancetor. Wherefore I myelf acrificed an Ox there; not as Xenophon did in the port of Calpe, when he took an Ox from a waggon on account of the carcity of victims; whereas here the Trapezuntines themelves furnihed no contemptible acrifice. We examined the entrails of the animals acrificed, and performed our libations upon them. I need not mention to You in whoe behalf we firt offered our prayers, as You are well acquainted with our cutom on uch occaions, and as You mut be concious, that You deerve the prayers of all, and epecially of thoe who are under les obligations of gratitude than myelf.

Having then ailed from Trapezus, we arrived the firt day at the port of Hyus, and exercied the foot-oldiers, whom we found there. This body of men, as You know, conits of foot, although they have beides belonging to them twenty horemen, who are deigned for private ervices only. It has however been found