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removed from that of the philosopher, Homer, 
instead of a critical examination of facts, 
would merely adopt the current tradition, 
superstition, or belief, of the natives. There 
is a further coincidence between these springs 
and those of Homer, which may be noticed. 
We found the women of Bournabashi washing 
their Jinen here, asin the Scamandrian fount- 
ains of old, 
“The Trojan dames, e’er yet alarmed by 
Greece, 
“Washed their fair garments in the days of 
peace.” 
We should have scarcely mentioned so trivial 
a circumstance had not Dr. Clarke observed, 
‘that the women of this place (Bournabashi) 
brought their garments to be washed in these 
springs, not according to the casual visits of 
ordinary industry, but as an ancient and es- 
tablished custom, in the exercise of which 
they proceed with all the pomp and songs of 
a public ceremony.” This general belief 
then, that one spring is warm and the other 
cold, added to the other circumstances we 
have mentioned, and the striking character 
of the fountains themselves, are, we think, 
fair grounds for believing them to be those ~ 
of the Scamander which rose near Troy; and, 
if they are so, Bournabashi beyond all 
doubt occupies the site of Troy. 
