\ 14 PLAIN OF TROY. 
CHAP, found no antiquities, nor did we hear of any in 
' the neighbourhood. The next day returning 
towards Halil Elly, we left it upon our right, 
and crossed the Thymhrius by a ford. In 
summer this river becomes almost dry; but 
during winter it often presents a powerful 
torrent, carrying all before it. Not one of the 
maps, or of the works yet published upon 
Troas, has informed us of its termination: 
according to some, it empties itself into the 
Mender near to its embouchure ; others describe 
it as forming a junction near Tchiblack; a 
circumstance of considerable importance ; for if 
this last position be true, the ruins at Tchiblack 
may be those of the Temple of the TnYMBRiEAN 
Apollo. Straho expressly states the situation 
of the temple to be near the place where the 
Thymhrius discharges i^tself into the Scaman- 
der'. After we had passed the ford, we 
ascended a ridge of hills, and found the remains 
of a very antient paved-way. We then came to 
Tckibiacic. the towu or rather villasfe of Tchiblack, where we 
noticed very considerable remains of antient 
sculpture, but in such a state of disorder and 
ruin, that no precise description of them can be 
given. The most remarkable are upon the top 
(1) Sirab. Gcosv. lib. xiii. p. 8Gl. ed. Ox. 
