174 DISTRICT OF TROAS. 
CHAP. ^ silver thread, offered a clue to other objects. 
^ "v ' He could now discern the Tomb of yEsyetes, and 
even Bonarbashy. At the base of the mountain, 
and immediately below his eyes, stood the 
conical hill of Kushunlu Ttpe, upon whose sides 
and summit are the Ruins before described. 
Errors Notliiug cau bc better calculated to shew the 
in the Geo- i i • i i r i 
graphy of erroneous nature of all the maps published oi the 
try. country, than the view from this place. The 
j4dramyttinn Gulph is so close to the mountain, 
that it may be said to skirt its base ; inclining 
towards the north-east, and bearing so much 
round upon the noj-th-eastern side, that the 
extremity of it is concealed 'by that part of 
the Idceaii Chain. Thus it would seem impos- 
sible for any one to pass in a direct line from 
the end of the Gulph to the Dardanelles, without 
leaving not only the Chain of Ida, but even 
Gargarus, upon the lej^t hand. This information 
had before been obtained from the people of 
the country; and if the ascent had been im- 
practicable, the fact would have been tolerably 
well ascertained. The satisfaction, however,j 
of confirming the truth by actual observation, 
was now obtained ; and the difficulties raised, 
of reconciling the history of Xerxes march 
from Jldramyttium. to Ahydus\ with the real 
(1) Herodot. lib. vii. p. ,j30. 
