ON SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS. 29 
Troy,—both of which have attracted sv much 
attention from all travellers that it would be 
impossible for me to add any thing to their des- 
criptions;—let us proceed to cast a short glance 
at the Tomb of Alyattes, which is situated in 
the Plain of Troy. 
Sardis is about two days journey to the N.E. 
of Ephesus, from which place I set out to visit 
it. On the second day we passed Mount Tmo- 
lus, an extensive range which runs through 
Asia Minor, parallel to the two seas.—These 
hills are extremely wide at their summit, and 
are covered with a rich, soft grass, and orna- 
mented by trees not inferior to the finest to be 
met with in our English parks.—As we descen- 
ded on the northern side, the Pactolus with its 
golden sands, now an insignificant streamlet, 
murmured gently by our path, sparkling with 
the dazzling beams of an Asiatic sun, from 
which even the rich foliage which hung over 
was unable entirely to protect it—A sudden turn 
at length brought us full upon the narrow glen 
which contains the Temple of Sardis, the only 
existing remnant, except the Acropolis, of the 
ancient city of Croesus.—The Temple is a most 
beautiful specimen of the Ionic order;—and 
though two only of the columns are now erect, 
