j^ TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



VI. Journey from Parium to the Troad. — Ascent to the Summit of Ida. — 



The Salt Springs of Toushi. — Ruins of Assos ; from the Journals of 

 Dr. Hunt ...... Page 84 



Chap. 1. Libraries in the Princes' Islands. — Proconnesian Marble. — Sponges on 

 the Coast of Mannara. — The Cephus of the Ancient Greeks. — Parium. — Scenery 

 and striking Appearance of the Countrij on the Banks of the Hellespont. — Lampsa- 

 cus. — Arrival at the Dardanelles. — Prices of different Articles (f Provision. 



Chap. 2. Hadim Oglou, the Governor of the Dardanelles. — Yenisher, or the Ancient 

 Sigccnm. Cause of the Obliteration of the Char act rs on the Sigtran Stone. — Exor- 

 cism, and other superstitious Rites. — Produce of IVool and Cotton on the Plain of 

 Troy. — Greek Inscription in the supposed Tomb of Achilles. — Greek Inscription }-e- 

 lating to Kings Antiochns and Seleucus ; another, mentioning Agrippa. 



Chap. J. Aqueduct over the River called Camara Sou. — Bounarbashi ■ — Singular 

 Structure of the Wains used by the Peasantry of the Troad — Journey to explore the 

 Source (f the Mender. — Pitch-burners from the Island of Salamis. — Summit cf Ida. 



Chap. 4. Descent from Ida. — Extensive Ruins tf Assos. — Remains of a Granite 

 Temple, and of a Theatre. — Greek Inscriptions. — Sarcophagi of Granite. — Hot 

 Salt Springs of Tonsla. — Reference of Strabo to the Salines of Tragasea. — Votive 

 Offerings at the Hot Baths. — Alexandria Troas. — Statistics of Neachore. — 

 Tenedos. 



VII. Remarks respecting Attica ; from the Journals of the late Dr. Sib- 



thorp - - - - - - - 141 



Goats and Sheep of Attica. — Mode offending the Flocks. — Agriculture of the 

 Country. — Process of Dying the Black and Yellow Leather. — Hymettus. 



Vlli. Letters from the late Professor Carlyle, during his Residence in Tur- 

 key, to the Lord Bishop of Lincoln - - - - 152 

 Letters from the Same, to the Lord Bishop of Durham - - lys 



IX. Mount Athos. — An Account of the Monastic Institutions, and the 



Libraries on the Holy Mountain ; from the Papers of Dr. Hunt 198 



Monastery of Batopaidi ; Contribution levied on it by the Porte. — Visits of nu- 

 merous Pilgrims dtiring the Holy Week. — The Library in that Monastery. — Rigid 

 Fasts of the Monks. — Journey to the Town qfChuriess. — Convent of Coutloumoussi, 

 and its Library. — Pantocratoras. — Pilgrims from the Thracian Hemus ; their 

 Offerings and Devotions. — Convent of Stavroniketa. — Library. — Convent of 

 Iveron. — Visit to the remaining Convents on the Peninsula, and Examination 

 of the Libraries. 



Note, respecting the Monastic Libraries in Greece - - 221 



Remarks on the Religious Communities of Athos. — Journey towards the Isthmus. — 

 Remains of the Canal of Xerxes. State of the Country near the Ancient Acanthus ; 

 Dress and Manners of the People. — J^isit of Ceremony from a Bride. — Taxes and 

 Imjwsts. — Silver Mines ofNisvoro. — 7%*? Plains near Salonica. — Tumuli. 



