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At half-past nine we reached a Turkish village called Sarthaki. 

 The porch of the mosque is supported by granite pillars, with marble 

 capitals of different orders ; they appear to have originally belonged 

 to some church of the lower Greek empire. At the public fountain 

 we saw three granite sarcophagi, with inscriptions much defaced. 



We did not reach Lampsacus until eleven o'clock, though it is only 

 six hours distant from Jouragee. On our arrival we went to the house 

 of the Papas or Greek priest, where we breakfasted. We could not, 

 however, avoid the intrusive curiosity of the Turks, and we had a per- 

 petual succession of these troublesome visitors, who seemed glad to 

 shew us how much the poor Greek priest stood in awe of them. 



On our going to the Bazar or market, some of them seemed dis- 

 posed to insult us, but on our giving a few pieces of money to a 

 begging dervise, they became more civil. An Armenian shopkeeper 

 shewed us a small antique vase of ancient Greek, or, as some have 

 called it, Etruscan workmanship ; he had also a few old copper medals, 

 but he placed so high a value on his curiosities that we declined pur- 

 chasing them. Vases, similar to that which he shewed us, were often 

 found, he said, in old burial places in the neighbourhood. In Lamp- 

 sacus we discovered not one ruin or vestige of ancient buildings. 

 Its wine, once so celebrated, is now among the worst that is made in 

 this part of Anatolia. The town contains a mixed population of 

 Turks, Greeks, Armenians, and Jews, amounting to about five hun- 

 dred and fifty families. 



At a quarter past twelve we resumed our journey. A river, called 

 Chiergee, runs near Lampsacus, and two hours from thence we met 

 another winding stream, which falls into the Hellespont at a point 

 projecting very far towards the European coast. We then passed a 

 village called Beergan, on the banks of this river. Its situation on 

 a sloping hill, with clumps of trees left in picturesque spots round it, 

 and a clear stream running in the valley, formed a very beautiful 

 landscape. Indeed the whole of this shore furnishes a continual suc- 

 cession of the richest scenery. 



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