festoons. One of these seems to be still in position; four others are lying on the ground in front of the tomb.
Ross considers that this Doric façade is of the Macedonian period: it is very similar in character to some of the Hellenic tombs in Lycia.85
After leaving Lindos we rode along the shore tovfards Jannathi. At half an hour's distance from Lindos, we found some ancient quarries and tombs cut in the rock. After riding for an hour and a half more, we came to a place called Peukona at the end of a pine forest, where there is a heap of grey marble Ipng together so as to form a mound, probably the remains of a watch-tower. I noticed on the ground here an altar with festoons, and part of a cippus of grey marble; but no inscriptions. From this place to Jannathi I continued to note at intervals ancient remains alomy the shore. I noticed in this part of my route cattle of a very beautiful and classical form; the bulls had a slight hump, not so marked as the Indian bull's, and were finely modelled about the forehead. These bulls are said to be partially wild. The peasants of Rhodes call them ταῦροι, whereas the usual name for oxen is βόδι
Keeping along the shore, we got to Jannathi,86 distant about five hours to the south of Lindos. This village is a very miserable one, but the peasants were building a fine new church. Thence we crossed over a mountain-ridge to Apolakkia on the W. coast, where I had heard that some inscriptions had been found. The island is narrow here, and
