i/0 DISTRICT OF TROAS. 
imcommon sublimity, was so entire, that a 
painting of the Firgin, upon the stuccoed wall 
of the eastern extremity, still preserved its 
colours. 
We now began to traverse the belt of forests, 
and were enabled to get half-way through this 
part of the ascent upon our horses : the under- 
takinof afterw^ards became more tedious and 
difficult, and we w^ere compelled to proceed on 
foot. Half-congealed snow lying among the 
rocks, and loose stones, rendered the way 
dubious and slippery. In this region of 
Gargarus there are many wild-boars, the traces 
of whose ploughing were very fresh in many 
places. Higher up, our guides shewed to us 
marks left by the feet of tigers. They find also 
leopards in these wilds ; and are obliged to take 
their skins, when they are killed, to the Pasha 
of the Dardanelles. The extensive survey we 
should enjoy from the heights was occasionally 
disclosed by partial openings in this scene of 
forests. Already the whole Island of Tenedos 
was in view, and all the Trojan Plain. Our 
guides began to talk of the impossibility of 
reaching the top of the mountain, and murmured 
alarms of chasms and precipices in the glacier 
above : at this we did not wonder, having often 
been accustomed to such treatment in similar 
