106 PLAIN OF TROY. 
CHAP, upon an excursion, along its banks, to the Ruins 
> situate at a place now called Hal'il Elly; 
and to Thymhreck Keuy, or the Village of. 
Thymhra. 
We crossed the Mender by a wooden bridge, 
immediately after leaving Koum-kale ; and as- 
certained its breadth, in that part, to equal 
one hundred and thirty yards. We then entered 
an immense plain, in which some Turks were 
engaged hunting wild boars. Peasants were 
also employed in ploughing a deep and rich soil 
of vegetable earth. Proceeding towards the 
east, and round the bay distinctly pointed out 
by Straho\ as the harbour where the Grecian 
Tomb of fleet was stationed, we arrived at the Sepulchre 
of Ajax, upon the antient Rhoetean Promontory. 
Concerning this tumulus there is every reason to 
believe our information to be correct. If we 
had only the text of Straho for our guidance, 
there would be little uncertainty ; and, by the 
evidence afforded in a view of the monument 
itself, we have the best comment upon his 
accuracy. It is one of the most interesting 
objects to which the attention of the literary 
traveller can possibly be directed. Instead of 
(1) bi^ab. Geogr. lib. xvii. p. 859. Ed. Ox. 
