the plain of troy. 577 
i *'*^6 ancient Rhoefean Promontory. The view 
‘ftL fi of the Hellespont and the Plain of Troy is one 
>, pOtiest the country affords. 
!■ we passed over a heathy countiy 
I ® "0“'' Thymbrius, in whose 
% / w-e had been instructed to seek the remains of a 
theThymbrean Apollo. The ruins 
''"e. "'ere rather the remains of ten temples than of 
! K *Ubv considerable extent was covered 
,«ry (, broken columns of marble, granite, and of 
‘'"■‘-I’itocture. Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian 
directions, and some of these 
ili^tso *^'^‘'‘"*7- We obsen ed a bas-relief representing 
hor.seback pursued by a winged figure ; also a 
\s j.' ’'^presentation, sculptured after the same manner, of 
, 4t car drawn by two scaly serpents. 
of Tchiblack, we. noticed very 
fttii Die remains of ancient sculpture, but in such a 
”’®o''der and ruin, that no precise description of 
'ill*'*' a K-n remarkable are upon the 
o'll called Beyan Mezaley, near Uie town, in the 
'V^of r^ii- - towards the 
'CcMavk ™ins of a Doric temple of white 
stf I most striking manner, mixed with 
' fVus . ’ oippi, sarcophagi, cornices and capitals of very 
entablatures, and pillars. All of these have 
^ 'HIv ®ome peculiar sanctity by which thi.s hill was 
r liVg oliaracterized. 
' j^’oceeded hence towards the plain ; and no sooner 
Y d’ ® tumulus of very remarktible size and 
‘■s'vour attention, for a short time, fiom the main 
<! ''fry pursuit. This tumulus, of a high conical form 
g®gu)ar structure, stands altogether insulated. Of 
V'bed enicnained by persons 
’'W SQlnh sepulchres of the ancients. 
Vi'“‘’e . “ ‘“’S uatnral monnd of 
\r'b evi ‘’uginning to rise clo.se to the artificial 
toward tlie villagcof Caliifat, in a direction 
SUc] ’u 'Suuth acro.ss the mitkile of the plainj 
'< 1 :^ 1 '* it^ -“eight that an army encamped on the eastern 
’k'd ^ °uld be concealed from all observation of j>er.scns 
poll the coast, by the mouth of the Mender, 
