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.  There are many rich families; though they confine their magnificence to the inside of their houses, to avoid the jealousy of the Turks, who have, a bassa here:  however, they enjoy a reasonable liberty, and indulge the genius of their country: 

         And eat, and sing, and dance away their time,
          Fresh as their groves, and happy as their clime.