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11

October 26, 1899

Barîsh

About half an hour to the S.S.E. of Benâbil
are the ruins of Barîsh, completely
deserted and much destroyed by earthquakes.

The town seems to have consisted of
a group of dwellings, well built and of fair
size. The condition of the ruins is such as
to render plan of the town and the
separate houses equally difficult to trace.

The houses are generally provided
with colonnaded courts and were built
usually in two stories. A number of mill
and olive presses are still well preserved
and large cisterns are found connected
with almost every house.

The material is ^ almost ^ universally huge
blocks of native stone carefully squared
on all faces ^ and laid without mortar. ^ These are employed for
every possible variety of purposes.

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