176 Remarks on the Site of Troy 
taking its rise from two springs near the village 
of the same name: this, though now diverted 
from its course, once joined the Mender. 
The second is the Thymbrec, or Dum- 
brick, which, rising in some hills to the east 
of the plain, terminates its course in the 
marsh, between the Rhetean and Sigean 
promontories. Homer makes no mention of 
this river, though he does of a valley cal- 
led Thymbra; and, from the similiarity of 
name and agreement of situation, most wri- 
ters think that the course of the Thymbrec 
is through the valley of ancient Thymbra, 
and we agree in this opinion. The third is 
the Kimair, or Shimar, a small mountain- 
torrent, joining the Mender in the middle of 
the plain. Thesame reasons which are adduced 
for the connexion of the Thymbrec and 
Thymbra will plead with equal force for the 
Shimar being the Simois of Homer ; but, as 
it is not of first rate importance to ascertain 
the identity of either, we will pass on with- 
out attempting further proof, which might 
easily be produced. 
The fourth is the Mender, a large and 
rapid river, which rising in Gargarus, the 
highest summit of Ida, at a distance of 30 
miles from the Trojan plain, discharges its 
waters into the Hellespont under the pro- 
montory of Sigeum. 
