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REMARKS 
ON 
THE SITE OF TROY, 
AND 
ON THE TROJAN PLAIN. 
Founded on Personal Observation. 
—— 1 ne 
BY ROBERT HYDE GREG, Esq. 
—N NN 
(Read before the Society, Feb. 22, 1822.) 
“ High barrows, without marble or a name, 
“« A vast, untilled, and mountain-skirted plain, 
“ And Ida in the distance still the same, 
“« And old Scamander, if ‘tis he, remain ; 
«“ The situation seems still formed for fame, 
“ A hundred thousand men might fight again 
“ With ease ; but where I sought for Ilion’s walls, 
“ The quiet sheep feeds, and the Tortoise crawls. 
Don Juan, Canto 1V. 
EN the present advanced state of classical 
and scientific attainments, it must be reserved 
for men of genius or of leisure to extend the 
bounds of knowledge by new discoveries. 
Those who are engaged in the active pursuits 
of life can aspire to little, but to condense 
the voluminous productions of others, or to 
place their arguments in a clearer and more 
forcible point of view. 
