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planation given by the geographer ; but, by referring to the first book 

 we shall find that they are the words of Demetrius. 



These* few remarks may show, that notwithstanding the diligence 

 and. curiosity of some preceding travellers who have visited the Troad, 

 there remains still much to be done. The ruins and inscriptions 

 found at Atche-keui by Dr. Hunt were never yet mentioned, and more 

 documents may be found which will inform us of the names of some 

 of the cities of the Troad, and guide us more surely in our investi- 

 gation of the antiquities of the country. 



* Those who have attended to the controversy respecting the Troad, will recollect the 

 attempts which have been made to appropriate theThrosmos of the poet to some particu- 

 lar feature in the plain. But may we not adopt the plain and simple explanation given by 

 an excellent scholar and critic ? " 'Ew\ 9pa<r[L% ttsSi'ojo, in campo bellico ; in campi planitie 

 ad pugnam apta." Wyttenbach Anim. in Plut. ii. 1112. Mr. Hobhouse (see his Travels, 

 p. 758.) will be glad to see his opinion confirmed by such good authority. 



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