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We caft anchor at Kdum-ktikh'^ about mid-day, 6n Saturdayy 

 engdged horfes^ and crofTed the plain in three houls to the vil- 

 lage of Bounar-bapi^ where we flept. We fpent the whole of 

 the next day in vifitirig the hill, which Mv Ghevalijer fuppofes 

 to have been the iite of Troy, arid the fprings of water, which 

 he confiders as the fountains of the Scamander. A day, I think, 

 is fiilly fufficient for this pur.pfofe, unlefs the traveller means to 

 make topographical obiervations, which was th6 cafe with me. 



We were well lodged and entertained in a Chiftlik at Boufiar- 

 ba/Jji, belonging to Hadgi Mehemet Bey, a perfon of fome 

 confequence, who a6:naHy refides at the Dardanelles, but is now 

 on a pilgrimage to ^Mecca. ^-is fubflitute or fte ward received 

 us in a manner which left us nothing to wi{h for; and our arri- 

 val theire feemed to caufe no furprife, as they were accuftomed 

 to frmik vifitors. ^We returned by a different rout this day, vi- 

 fiting the tomb of ^syetes, (fee Chevalier's map), and thofe 

 near Cape Jeriitcleri, Hippofed to be of Aghili/Es and Patro- 



CLUS. 



Your Excellency naturally wifhes to hear our preient fenti- 

 ments refpedling the hypothelis of M. Chevalier. We ftill 

 thirik it a veryplaufible one; and although his map is incor- 

 re(5l'in the detail, it gives a pretty good idea of the Troad in 

 generaL He has certainly pitched upon a place for the fite 

 of old Troy, 'which has much natural ftrength to recommend 

 it, particularly the eafternmoft angle of the hill, which, from 

 its height above the Simois, and its peninfular form, muft have 

 been confidered as a very fir ong natural faftnefs in thofe times 

 of warfare,, and could have been eafily rendered an impreg- 

 nable citadel ; for it is not large enough for the lite of the 

 whole city. Some tumuli near this fpot are certainly flrong in- 

 dices. 



There are two places diflant from each other about two hun- 

 dred yards, in which the fuppofed Scamander ilTues out of the 



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