196 DISTRICT OF TROAS. 
Chandler, and by others, have been removed ; 
and it is not necessary to introduce what has 
already been pubhshed : but perhaps, even in 
this brief description of the confused and deso- 
lated ruins which denote the site of Alexandria 
Troas, it has not been altogether possible to 
avoid a repetition of observations made by pre- 
ceding travellers ^ 
We arrived again at Bergas, and, taking a 
northern route, turned towards Udjek, with an 
intention of visiting the To7nb of jEsyetes. As 
we left the village, we saw, near an old coeme- 
tery, a large square slab of Parian marble, 
lying upon the soil, and broken in two pieces. 
(1) " From Bournabashi, I set off, April 8, 1806, to a village called 
£istambol, for the purpose of examining the ruins of Alexandria Troas. 
I procured a small hut for myself and servants ; and leaving the baggage 
there, rode to Alexandria, at the distance of an hour. The Ruins there ; 
the different fragments of marble from Paros, and Marmora ; tlie blocks 
of granite ; all attest the former magnificence of this city. The Theatre 
faced the sea, as seems to have been the custom whenever the situation 
allowed it. It is a mile from the shore; and commands a view of Tene- 
dos, and the islands adjacent. To the north of this is a spacious oblong 
building, constructed with stone, and its work strong and massive. A 
herd of goats, guarded by some large dogs, who much molested the 
guides, was feeding by this place. The black felt tents of some wandering 
Turcomans were pitched at a small distance. A little to the east of the 
above building are the great ruins of the Baths, of Roman work : in the 
■wall are some of the earthen pijies, through which tlie water %\as conveyed. 
To llic north-west of these are granite columns, lying on the ground; 
one of which measured twenty-seven feet in length, and in diameter more 
than four feet. By the Port were columns of still greater dimensions. To 
the north-east of the Baths are many sarcophagi of stone; some of the 
lids of which resemble those represented in the drawings of the Necropolis 
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