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an island with the main land. Recently, above chap. 
a thousand coins had been found on the site of '^ , — > 
Parium in Mysia, and sold by the peasants to 
the master of an English merchant vessel : Ave 
saw the greater part of them ; they were much 
injured, and of no remote date, being all of 
copper, and chiefly of the age of the later Em- 
perors. Between Marmora and the Dardanelles, 
and nearer to the latter, on the European side, 
appears a remarkable tumulus, on the top of a 
hill near the shore. The place is called Hexamil; 
and, according to the map of De Lisle, was 
once the site of Lysimachia, 
The entrance to the Canal of the Hellespont, 
from the Sea of Marmora, although broader than 
the Thracian Bosporus, has not the same degree 
of grandeur. Its sides are more uniform, less 
bold, and they are not so richly decorated. 
The only picturesque appearance is presented 
by the European and Asiatic castles, as the 
straits become narrower. Before coming in 
sight of these, the eye notices a few houses 
and windmills, belonging to the present village 
of Lamsaque which are all that remains of the 
antient Lampsacus. The wine of the place no 
longer retains its antient celebrity. 
Having anchored about three miles above the ■^'"■''"" 
neUci. 
