ΒΕΒΙΑ ΑΠΦΕΙΝΤΟ ΘΩΡΑΚΕΙΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΕΝϹΟΡΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ϹΟΡΟΝ ΤΗΝ ΕΠΙ ΤΩ ΘΩΡΑΚΕΙΩ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΟΙΚΗΜΑΤΑ ΠΡΟϹΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ · ΟΙΚΟϹ ΚΛΕΙΜΑΞ[5] ΚΟΙΤΩΝ ΜΕΔΕΙΑΝΟΝ ΤΡΙΚΛΕΙΝΟΝ ΟϹΤΟΘΗΚΑΙ. [Illustration] Β. Ϲ. ΕΚΕΛΥϹΙϹ ΕΑΥΤΗ ΚΑΙ ϹΥΝΤΡΟΦΩ ΤΩ ΑΝΔΡΙ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΙϹ ΤΕΚΝΟΙϹ ΑΥΤΗϹ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΙϹ ΕΚΓΟΝΟΙϹ ΑΥΤΩΝ. ΧΑΙΡΕ [Illustration] ΚΑΙ ϹΥ. _What he has said in relation to the present_ Smyrna, _is as follows_. _Smyrna_ is situated in the latitude of 38_gr._ 40_m._ in a deep bay, that enters within the continent about ten leagues; and is so well defended by the _Erythraean_ promontory, now cape _Kara Bornu_, and mount _Corycus_, with the hills commonly called _Cordilieu_, and its own windings, that it is every where a port, affording good depths and secure anchorage. Immediately within the bay are seven islands, lying in length towards the port of _Vourlá_, antiently _Clazomenae_, which of old were called the _Peristerides_; and the biggest of them, _Megale_, is now by the English named _Long Island_, over against _Fochia Vecchia_, or _Phocaea_. Cape _Kara Bornu_, or _Black Nose_ (antiently the ἄκρα μέλαινα) afforded, as _Strabo_ says, excellent mill stones; which is not unknown to the present inhabitants, and therefore we there see several mills now employed. Within two leagues and a half of the city the _Hermus_ enters the bay, and there forms a bed of sand; which being met by a point of land from the opposite shore stops up the haven by a very narrow chanel, thus rendring it κλειστὸς, as _Strabo_ then expressed it. On the said point stands a new and strong fort, called _Sangiac Castle_; because the _Grand Signior’s_ colours are there exposed, on occasions that require it. From hence we sail towards _Smyrna_, in a fair and long arm of the sea, which imitates the pleasures of a canal; whilst the woody mountains on each side, with the city at one end, and the castle at the other, conspire to give a mutual beauty to one another. _Had our author lived to finish his elaborate account of_ Smyrna, _from the large materials he had collected for that design, it would doubtless have been a very useful work, and thrown much light upon many passages in ancient writers. And indeed every part of his_ Travels _must certainly have received great advantage and improvements from his review. Tho I question not, but in their present state they will meet with such a reception from the public, as will reward the labours of the learned Father, by a proper incouragement given to his industrious Son._