CHAPTER XI.

CONTINUATION OF THE EXCAVATIONS.

The large temple near the Stadium — A few inscriptions found in it, but all the sculpture wantonly destroyed — Visit of H.M.S. _Scourge_, bringing Mr. W. Denison, a carpenter sent by the British Museum — Celebration of the festival of the Melood — Proceed to Derna in the _Scourge_, and return by land — Smith visits Benghazi to obtain workmen and money — One of the negroes stolen by the Arabs — The smaller temple near the Stadium — Statue of Minerva — The immediate neighbourhood of the Temple of Apollo — Several inscriptions, statues, and heads of different sizes discovered here — A seated Egyptian figure, colossal female statue, nude statue of Bacchus, &c. — A palace, in which were found the torso of a Roman emperor in armour, a large female draped statue, busts of Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, a female bust, three heads, and three inscriptions — Make a road down the Augubah, and improve the road between Cyrene and the coast — The Temple of Venus — Large quantity of sculpture found in it: Venus Euploia, and another Venus with Cupid by her side seated on a dolphin, Pan, Aristæus, three female busts with curious head-dresses, heads of Minerva and Perseus, and a slab of marble in relief of Cyrene strangling a lion. — _Page_ 71.