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CHAP. Towards evening, the wind strengthening, the 
« ,— ^ crew lowered all the sails, and lay to all night. 
In the morning, having again hoisted them, we 
fomid, at nine o'clock a.m. tliat we had left 
Marmora, a high mountain, far behind us. The 
Isle of Princes, from the position of the strata, 
as they appeared throagh a telescope, v/liich 
was the nearest view we had of the island, 
seemed to consist wholly of limestone. We 
wished much to have visited the ruins oiCyzicum, 
but had not opportunity. The small isthmus, 
near to which they are situate, is said to have 
accumulated in consequence of the ruins of 
two antient bridges, which formerly connected 
Gallipoli, are the remains of a fort, Xoipiotx.a.ffrpa (Pigs-fort), which a 
Turkish vessel, as it tacked near us, saluted; for here, it is said, the Turks 
first landed, when they came under Soliman into Europe. 
" The ship anchored off the castle of the Dardanelles, on the Asiatic 
side, according to the custom enforced by the Turks on all ships, excepting 
those of war. which pass southward. At this time, and ever since the 
MamlCiks had shewn dispositions hostile to the Ottoman Government 
established in Egypt, under Maliomcd AH, the actual viceroy, all ships 
and vessels, particularly Greek, wlilch might be supposed to be the means 
of conveying supplies of Circassians to the MamlCiks, to increase their 
numbers, were strictly searched. 
" The po])ulation of the town, Cltannlc kalcsi, on the Hellespont, where 
I landed, consists of Mohammedans, Jews, and a few Greeks ; amounting, 
in all, to about 3000. It derives its name from a manufactory of earthen- 
ware ; dianak signifying a plate or dish. The houses are mean, and built 
chiefly of wood. From this place I took a boat, and sailed down the 
Hellespont, to Koum-kale (the Sand-castle), situate between the mouth 
of the Simo'i.-) ar.d the Sigean pronioatory." Walpoles MS. Journai. 
