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on the chest, or coffer, which was of wicker-ivorL chap. 
v 
upon the body of the carnage ^ ' ^ ' 
As we returned to the house of the ^gha, the 
prospect of the Plain was becoming dim in 
twilight. Samothrace still appeared; and when 
the moon rose over all, the minuter traces of 
the scene were no longer discernible ; but the 
principal objects, in fine distinct masses, re- 
mained long visible. 
In the morning we observed a number of Antiquities 
antiquities m and about the place ; such as, tashy. 
fragments of Doric and Ionic pillars of marble, 
some columns of granite, broken bas-reliefs, and, 
in short, those remains so profusely scattered 
over this extraordinary country; serving to 
prove the number of cities and temples, once the 
boast of Troas, without enabling us to ascertain 
the position of any one of them. There is every 
reason to believe that some antient town was 
originally situate at Boxarbashy; not only 
by these remains, but by the marks of antient 
(2) Iliad fi. This wicker chest, being; moveable, is u^ed or not, as 
rircumstaiices may require. The Vignette to this Chapter, engraved 
from a sketch made upon the spot by M. Preaux, exhibits to the 
Reader a very accurate representation of the Homerian Car, with its 
appendage of wicker-work. 
