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THROUGH THE THRACIAN BOSPORUS, 
chap, light-house upon the point of the Lycians, at the 
— y — / extremity of the Canal ; the ruins of an antient 
castle on the Asiatic side, the Aax Munita, men- 
tioned by Dionysius Byzantius, as being situate 
above the temple built by Phnyxus ; and a small 
port in front, below the castle, perhaps antiently 
that of Hieron, mentioned by the same writer, 
as the common haunt of all persons navigating 
the Bosporus 1 2 . If the appearance of the Euxine, 
and of the mouth of the Bosporus , were not 
delineated from the precise spot whence they 
were viewed by Darius, it is certain that the 
prospect he surveyed was nearly the same. 
The temples, indeed, belonging to the Hiera * 
have disappeared, but the features of Nature are 
unaltered ; the same tremendous chasm which 
once conducted the waters of an immense 
ocean to overwhelm the territories of Antient 
Greece, now affords a passage to the fleets of 
the world, bearing the tributary wealth of 
nations ; while its aspect, then so fearful, pre- 
sents every assemblage that can captivate the 
eye. The Bosporus of Thrace, in whatsoever 
(1) See the Quarto Edition. 
(2) 14 Post Chelan esse nuncupation Hieron y bocest Fanum Phryxo 
Nephelffi et Athamantis filio aedifieatum, cum navigaret ad Colchos, & 
Byzantiis quidcm possessum sed commune receptaculum omnium navi - 
gantium. Supra templum est murus in orbem procedens. In hoc est 
Arx munita , quatn Galatm populati sunt, ut alia pleraque Asia*.” 
Dionysius Byzantius , ap. Gyll. lib . iii. c. 5. 
