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REFERENCES TO MR. LESLIE FOSTER'S MAP OF THE TROAU. 



The annexed map does not lay claim to perfect accuracy ; but on a 

 subject which has given rise to so much controversy every degree of 

 evidence may be of some value. 



It was constructed by observations of angles made from a variety 

 of stations ; principally the hill of Yenicher, the tomb of Ajax, the 

 tomb of iEsyetes, and the Pergamus. The instrument with which 

 they were observed was merely a small mariner's compass with sights 

 adapted to it. 



A. The plain of Troy perfectly level ; in general dry and tolerably 

 well cultivated. Its produce corn and pasturage. 



1. The fortress of Koum Kale. 



2. The town of Koum Kale, supposed to contain about 2000 in- 

 habitants, all Turks. 



3. Seven Windmills. 



4. The village of Yenicher, inhabited by Greeks. The hill on 

 which it stands was probably the Sigaean promontory in the time of 

 the Trojan war. From hence to the fort is sand, different from the 

 soil of the plain, and seems to have been formed by the river. 



C. A shoal of sand. 



d. Here probably was the line of shore formerly. 



5. A tumulus on the brow of the hill, 24 feet high towards the 

 plain, supposed to be the tomb of Achilles. 



6. A tumulus in the plain. 



7. A Turkish cemetery, on a rising heap of earth, but whether 

 natural or artificial it seems difficult to determine. 



8. A wooden bridge ; the river is here 465 feet broad. 

 M. A perpendicular chalk cliff about 100 feet high. 



9. The ancient confluence of the Simois and Scamander. 



