as the
ſituation is well calculated for perpetuating, by the
ſe means, the memory of any illu
ſtrious per
ſon. A
Fane or Temple is there con
ſtructed, built of
ſquared
ſtone, and is a re
ſpectable edifice; but the Image of
Mercury, which it contains, is neither worthy the Temple, nor the
ſituation in which it
ſtands. Wherefore, if You mould think proper,
ſend to me a Statue of Mercury of not more than five feet in height, as
ſuch a
ſize
ſeems well proportioned, and
ſuitable to that of the building. I reque
ſt al
ſo a Statue of
Phileſius of four feet in height; for it
ſeems to me rea
ſonable that the latter
ſhould have a temple and an altar in common with his Ance
ſtor. Hence whil
ſt
ſome per
ſons
ſacrifice to Mercury, and
ſome to Phile
ſius, and others to both, they will all do what is agreeable to both the
ſe Deities; to Mercury, as they honour his De
ſcendant; to Phile
ſius, as they honour his Ance
ſtor. Wherefore I my
ſelf
ſacrificed an Ox there; not as Xenophon did in the port of
Calpe, when he took an Ox from a waggon on account of the
ſcarcity of victims; whereas here the Trapezuntines them
ſelves furni
ſhed no contemptible
ſacrifice. We examined the entrails of the animals
ſacrificed, and performed our
libations upon them. I need not mention to You in who
ſe behalf we fir
ſt offered our prayers, as You are well acquainted with our cu
ſtom on
ſuch occa
ſions, and as You mu
ſt be con
ſcious, that You de
ſerve the prayers of all, and e
ſpecially of tho
ſe who are under le
ſs obligations of gratitude than my
ſelf.
Having then ſailed from Trapezus, we arrived the firſt day at the port of Hyſſus, and exerciſed the foot-ſoldiers, whom we found there. This body of men, as You know, conſiſts of foot, although they have beſides belonging to them twenty horſemen, who are deſigned for private ſervices only. It has however been found ne -
