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marble, and extremely steep, grew the prickly almond, the Paliurus 

 and yellow jasmine, and from the fissures the wild fig and Conyza 

 Candida. In the evening we walked to the source of the Scamander, 

 and near it were shown a clear crystalline spring, said in winter to 

 be warm, but at present (Sept.) giving no sensation of heat. We 

 followed the river some way from its source ; the stream fed by 

 numerous springs had been interrupted, and overflowed the neigh- 

 bouring lands, forming a large tract of reedy ground frequented by 

 ducks, coots, and snipes ; besides the chub, eels, and two other sorts 

 of fish were caught in its stream. The marsh-mallow, the prickly- 

 liquorice, and the goats-rue grew on its banks." — Dr. S. ;. i- .' >. 



We now quitted the main channel of the Mendere on our left ; 

 and crossing one of its tributary streams*, which flows from the 

 south, and runs through a plain called Ene Dere, we arrived at the 

 house of Hadje Achmet, son of Hadini Oglou in the town of Ene, 

 of which he is Aga or feudal chieftain. Tlie title of Hadje or Pilgrim, 

 implies that he has either visited Mecca in person, or paid the 

 expenses of a pilgrim for going thither for him. The same epithet 

 XxriT'^ is assumed by Greek Christians, who have visited in this 

 character the Holy Land. Ene is about thirteen miles from Bounar- 

 bashi ; and Hadje Achmet lives here in a kind of feudal grandeur. 

 On entering the court of his mansion, a young page made a loud 

 beat on a drum which hangs at the gate. 



The Aga, to whom we were immediately introduced, received us 

 with much kindness, and treated us hospitably, and though a Musul- 

 man and Hadje, he did not suffer wine to be banished from our 

 meals. He sent one of his guards as our guide through the town 

 and its environs in search of antiquities, but our discoveries were not 



* This stream flowing from the south, and near Ene, is noticed in Major Rennell's 

 map, ]^o. vi. See his remarks on the topography of Troy. ;:, .'■.•' '■•?>;.7_; 



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