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in the middle of fummer, of an icy coldnefs. Yet even here there 

 is a very great chafm in our topographical knowledge. At the 

 place, where (according to Demetrius of Scepfis, whom Stra- 

 BO follows), the Scamander had its rife, one fpring only was to 

 be met with ; and Wood, with Strabo in his hand, fought and 

 found this fpring, and this alone*. 



After this preliminary fketch of the Topography of th» 

 Troad, let us now try whether it be poflible to get a clear idea 

 of the battles of the Greeks and Trojans. 



The firfl; battle took place on the plain between Troy and 

 the Grecian camp. The Greeks were drawn out in the Scaman- 

 drian plain. (Iliad, II. 467.). The Trojans, on the other hand, 

 had taken port on the hill Batieia. (Iliad, II. 811. The engage- 

 ment commences. Paris and Menelaus foon defcry each 

 other. Hector negociates a combat between them, which is 

 not attended with any decifive confequences. The armies muft 

 have been pofted at no great diftance from the city, for Priam, 

 with his old men, fees from the walls the Grecian chiefs, and 

 learns their names from Helen t- The treacherous Pan darus, 



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* Strabo, p. 898 9. Wood, p. 323^4. (98. of the German tranflation). And 

 J'et Mr Wood did meet with a hot fpring, but in a place where he was not looking 

 for the Scamander. (p. 329.). M. Chevalier was more fortunate in this refpedt. 

 He fearched for and difcovered the fources of the Scamander precifely at the hot 

 fpring ; and thus cleared up the whole matter in doubt. 



t The diftance, formerly ftated, of the city from the fliore, or more accurately 

 frotn the harbour of the Greeks, making in all forty-two ftadia, (one and one-fourth 

 German, nearly five and one-half Englilh miles), and the high commanding fituation 

 of the town, render this circumftance by no means improbable. 



