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The place where all these antiquities have cttap. 
been discovered is rather a conical mountain ' 
Ki'ish unli. 
than a hill, bearing the name of Kushiinlu Tepe, ^"^^^ 
at two hours' distance from Beyramitch, towards 
Gargarus. Indeed it has been so placed by 
Nature, that it resembles a sort of advanced 
position at the base of that mountain, imme- 
diately beneath its summit. The Mender, or 
ScAMANDER, flows at its foot. The river is 
here generally called Kasdagky, from the name 
now given to Gargarus, the mountain whence it 
issues. The principal site of the antiquities 
upon Kushunlu Tepe is about half way up the 
side of the immense cone which bears this 
name ; but very remarkable ruins may be traced 
thence all the way to the summit. Having 
arrived at the base of the cone, we left our 
horses by the side of the river, and ascended 
to the Ruins. The first that we noticed w^as an 
area, ninety-two yards long and fifty-four wide^ 
covered with fragments of terra cotta, and also 
with pieces of antient glass, such as broken 
lachrymatories, and other small vessels. On 
the north side, part of a wall remained, by 
which the area had been originally inclosed, 
about fourteen feet in height. The work seemed 
to be of the age of the Romans, from the baked 
tiles, four inches thick, and the cement, used 
an its construction. On the western extremity 
