-APPENDIX, No. V. 



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We caft anchor at Koam-kakh, about mid-day, oa Saturday^ 

 engdged horfes; and crofTed the plain in three houis to the vil- 

 lage of Bounar-bajhi, where we flept. We fpent the whole of 

 the next day in vifitirig the hill, whifch M, GHEVALifea fuppofes 

 to have been the fite of Troy, aild the fprings of water, which 

 he con-fiders as the fountains of the Scamander. A day, I think,, 

 is fiiHy fufficient for this [purpfofe-, iinlefs the traveller means tQ 

 make topographical obfervatidns, which was thfe cafe with me. ' 



W£ were well lodged and entertained in a Chiftlik at Bou/iar-- 

 bapi, belonging to Hadgi Mehemet Bey, a perfon of fome 

 confequence, who aaually refides at the Dardanelles, but is now 

 on a pilgrimia^e to Mecca. His fubflitute or ft«ward received 

 us in a manner which left us nothing to wifli for; and our arri- 

 val there feemed to caufe no furprife, as they were accuflomed 

 to frank vifitqrs. ^We returned by a different rout this day, vi- 

 fiting the tomb of ^syetes, (fee Chevalier's map), and thofe 

 near Cape Jevitcheri, fuppofed to be of ■Achill'es and Pat ro- 



CLUS. 



Your Excellency naturally wifhes to heair our prefent fenti-^ 

 ments refpecfling the hypothecs of M. Chevalier. We ftill 

 thirlk It a veryplaiifible one; and although his map is incor- 

 redl inthe detail, it gives a pretty good idea of the Troad in 

 general. He has certainly pitched upon a place for the fite 

 of old Troy, 'which has much natural (Irength to recommend 

 ity particularly the eafternmoft angle of the hill, which, from 

 its height above the Simois, and its peninfular form, muft have 

 been confidered as a very ftrong natural faflnefs in thofe times 

 ef warfare,- and could have been eafily rendered an impreg- 

 nable citadel; for it is not large enough for the fite of the 

 whole city. Some tutnuli near this fpot -are certainly ftrong in- 

 dices. 



There are two places diftant from each other about two hun- 

 dred yards, in which the fuppofed Scamander ilfues out of the 



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