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ticular, broxight over to his fide a very learned and intelligent 

 Reviewer in the Britip Critic, (May and June 1797) ; infomuch 

 that, after combating Mr Bryant fuccefsfully in the other 

 parts of the Ohfervations, he at laft feels himfelf under the ne- 

 celfity of feeking for the fite of Troy farther down the plain, in 

 which I am forry I cannot go along with him. The anfwer al- 

 luded to is furniflied in a few words by Dr Dallaway ; and 

 coming from one who has been upon the ground, mufl have 

 more weight thdn any thing which could be faid on the fubjedl 

 by a perfon who has not had that advantage. " The diflance 

 " from the Grecian camp to the lite of Troy," fays this accurate 

 obferver, " has fupplied thofe who contend againfl its exiftence 

 " with many plaufible obje(flions. It is, however, certain, that 

 " the prefent village of Koum-kakh is fituate on a fand-bank 

 " more than a mile in extent, which will reduce the diftance, 

 " fuppofing it to be an accretion from the Hellefpont, to lefs 

 " than eight Englifh miles from Bounar-bajhi, where the Sc£ean 

 " Gate once flood. The advanced works, both of the Greeks 

 " and Trojans, leffened the intermediate fpace. The diflance of 

 " the mofl advanced rank of fliips from the fea is not mention- 

 " ed ; perhaps we might not be far from the truth in fuppofing 

 " it half a mile, and a quarter of a mile farther from thence to 

 " the fea. Allowing the firfl circumflance of the accretion at 

 " Kcum-kaleh, and the Grecian camp having been advanced in- 

 " to the plain, the diflance of Troy is perfe<Slly reconcileable 

 "with every incident mentioned by Homer. It islikewife evi- 

 " dent from the circumftances of the waf. Had the city been 

 " very near, the firfl work of the Grecians mufl have been a 

 " flrong fortification to prevent fudden attacks ; withoiit it, 

 " their deflru6lion mufl be inevitable. Befides, there had not 

 " been a theatre large enough for die a<flions of the war." 



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