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One hundred and twenty-three paces from 
the tumulus, called by Chevalier, and by others, 
the Tomb of Hector, is a second ; a more regular 
and a more considerable artificial heap of the 
same nature, and in every respect having a 
better title to the name bestowed upon the 
first. The base of this is one hundred and 
thirty-three yards in circumference. An hun- 
dred and forty-three paces farther on, upon the 
hill, is a third, the circumference of whose base 
measured ninety yards. Names have been 
already bestowed upon them all ; the^r^^ being 
called, as before stated, the Tomh of Hector ; 
the second, that of Priam ; and the third, that 
of Paris. After passing these tumuli, appear 
the precipices flanking the south-eastern side of 
the hill above the Scamander, which winds 
around its base. So much has been already 
written and published upon the subject, that 
it is not necessary to be very minute in de- 
scribing every trace of human labour upon this 
hill. The extent of its summit is eight hundred 
and fifty yards ; its breadth, in the widest part, 
equals about two hundred and fifty. The foun- 
dations of buildings, very inconsiderable in 
their nature, and with no character of remote 
antiquity, may be discerned in several parts of 
it: the principal of these are upon the most 
elevated spot towards the precipices surrounding 
