152 DISTRICT OF TROAS. 
CHAP, its south-eastern extremity; where the appear- 
■ ances, as well of the soil as of masonry, 
certainly indicate the former existence of some 
antient superstructure. But the remains are 
not of a description even to denote the site of 
Probable a Roman citadel : they seem rather to be 
ongm 
of 
the°sup- vestiges of the retreats of those numerous 
^Aa-oiioiii. pirates which in different ages have infested the 
Hellespont; and whose dispersion, in the time of 
Drusus CcEsar, gave occasion to the memorial 
of gratitude before noticed, as inscribed upon 
one of the marbles we removed from the ruins 
2it Hal'il Elly^ . This remark applies solely to 
the buildings. The tumuli upon these heights 
undoubtedly relate to a very different period ; 
and whether their history may be carried back 
to the events of the Trojan War, or to the 
settlement of Milesian colonies upon the coast, 
is a point capable of some elucidation, whenever 
future travellers may have an opportunity to 
examine their interior. 
Thus far of Bonarhashy, its springs, and its 
antiquities. During the rest of our residence 
in the place, we made several excursions into 
the Plain, revisiting the objects before described. 
(l) See the preceding: Chapter, p. 111. 
