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perable objection to this supposition, since the 
narrative of the battle, in books eleven to 
eighteen, on which the objection mainly rests, 
is so confused, that no argument can be foun- 
ded upon it. 
7. That the springs of Booinabachi are 
the warm and cold fountains of the Sca- 
mander, near which Hector was killed. 
8. That the hill of New Ilium isthe Thros- 
mos of Homer. 
9. That the Udjec Tepé answers well to 
the situation and character of the tomb of 
isyetes. 
10. That the mound of loose stones on the 
rock behind Bournabashi may possibly be 
the tomb of Hector. 
11. That the great tumulus on Rheteum 
is the tomb of Ajax. 
12. That, of the two tumuliat Sigeum, it 
appears most probable, that one covers the 
ashes of Achilles and Patroclus, and the other 
those of Antilochus. 
But to conclude: what inference shall we 
draw from this close coincidence between 
Homer’s descriptions, and the present ap- 
' pearances of the Trojan plain; from the ex- 
istence of rivers, such as he describes; from 
the tumuli being yet found on the spots to 
which he alludes, and from the names of the 
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