150 DISTRICT OF TROAS. 
CHAP, coincidenee of such a circumstance with Homers 
description of the Tomb of Hector was deemed 
a sufficient proof of the identity of the tomb 
itself'. A Httle further attention, however, to 
these monuments would have shewn that they 
were all constructed after the same manner ; 
the stones of the other uimuli being only con- 
cealed from observation by a slight covering of 
soil. From this spot the whole of the Isle of 
Tenedos is in view, and a most magnificent 
prospect is afforded of the course of the Sca- 
MAKDER to the sea, with almost all Troas, 
and every interesting object it contains. This 
consideration', together with the remarkable 
character of the hill itself, surrounded by 
precipices above the river ^ and, still more, the 
erroneous opinions entertained of the springs at 
Bonarbashy, superseded every objection urged 
concerning its distance from the coast, and the 
utter impossibility of reconciling such a position 
of the city with the account given by Homer of 
the manner in which Hector was pursued around 
its wails by Achilles'^. 
(1) Iliad XI. Sea also Chevalier's Description, &c. p. 125. 
(2) " Est in conspectu Tenedos." 
(3) Whence the Trojans were invited to cast down the Grecian 
horse. 
(4) Iliad X. Some autliors, misled by Virgil, C5?». I. 487.) have 
affirmed that Achilles dragged the body of Hector thrice round th« city. 
