180 DISTRICT OF TROAS. 
— Mount Athos — Tombs mentioned ly Strabo — Reluni 
to the Dardanelles — Summary of Observations made 
in Troas. 
CHAP ^~V 
VI. (Jn the eleventh of March, having collected 
Second our guides and horses as upon the preceding 
fpoTcar- ^^Y' ^^ ^^^ o^^ again from Evgillar, and 
gurus. proceeded up the mountain, to visit the 
Cataract, v^hich constitutes the source of the 
Mender, on the north-west side of Gargarus. 
Ascending by the side of its clear and impetuous 
torrent, we reached, in an hour and a half, the 
lower boundary of the woody region of the 
Greek mouutaiu. Hcrc we saw a more entire Chapel 
Chapel. . ^ 
than either of those described in our excursion 
during the preceding day, situate upon an 
eminence above the river. Its form was 
quadrangular, and oblong. The four walls were 
yet standing, and part of the roof: this was 
vaulted, and lined with painted stucco. The 
altar also remained, in an arched recess of the 
eastern extremity : upon the north side of it was 
a small and low niche, containing a marble 
table. In the arched recess was also a very 
antient painting of the Virgin ; and below, upon 
her left hand, the whole-length portrait of some 
Saint, holding an open volume. The heads of 
these figures were each encircled by a nimbus. 
Upon the right-hand side of the Firgin there 
