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Rh 45 broad. Its greatest length lies parallel with the stadium. Near this vineyard is a Turkish house, at the door of which is a square base of blue marble inscribed with a dedication to Apollo Pythios by Glykon, an Athenian, who held the office of proxenos or consul at Rhodes.

To the N.N.W. of the stadium'. a road cut through the rock leads to a higher platform, where is the drum of a column of calcareous stone 4 feet in diameter.

Near this cutting are some steps, also rough hewn.

A little to the east of the stadium is a great platform, where, perhaps, stood a temple of the Sun, as several inscriptions mentioning priests of this deity have been found near this spot.

It will be seen by the plan, that another road leads from the Turkish cemetery to the Acropolis, commencing a little to the north of the Amboise gate. This road passes over a little eminence, on which are three windmills. It was from this point that the cannon of Mahomet II. did great damage during the siege. Nearly parallel with this road may be traced very distinctly from the commencement of the slope to the windmills the line of an ancient way, indicated sometimes by the bed cut in the rock, and in one place 1)y the massive kerb-stones on one side. This road is marked in the Admiralty chart as a wall. On the south side of it rectangular foundations cut in the rock indicate the position of tombs. The windmills stand on masses of rock, the base of which has been cut into sepulchral chambers. On the north side of the windmills