86 FROM CONSTANTINOPLE 
CHAP. On the European side of the straits, precisely 
^ on the spot where it is beheved Sestos was 
situate, and where it is laid down by D'Anville, 
are three Tumuli. Concerning these a silly 
fable is related by the Turhs, which affirms that 
they v/ere formed by the straw, the chaff, and 
the corn, of a Dervish, winnowing his grain. 
The largest is called Ses{ Tepe. Sest, in Turkish, 
signifies an echo ; but there is no echo, either at 
the tomb or near it ; whence it is not too much 
to conclude that Sestus afforded the original 
etymology of this name, and perhaps the site 
of it may be thus ascertained. Near to this 
tomb is a place called Ahhash, where there are 
said to be Ruins, and where a Dervish resides, 
who has frequently brought medals and other 
antiquities, found there, to the Dardanelles. 
Farther up the straits, towards the Sea of 
Marmora, at about the distance of three English 
miles from Akhash, and on the same side, are 
the remains of a Mole, having the remarkable 
appellation of Gaziler Eschielesy, the Pier or 
Strand of the Conquerors ; whether in allusion to 
the passage of the Getcv, who from Phrygia and 
Mysia, crossing the Hellespont, first peopled 
Thrace, Macedonia, and Greece; or to the Persic 
invasion, m.any ages after ; or to the conquest 
of \\\e, Turks themselves; cannot now be de- 
termined. That this people have retained in 
