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Patroclus, and Antiochus. So much has been chap. 
published concerning them, that it will not be ' ■<- * 
necessary to add much to, and still less to 
repeat, what has been said before. The two 
nearest to Sigeum are conspicuous objects in 
the view 'of persons passing the Hellespont^', 
and, in their form, they are similar to others 
described in the preceding part of this 
work. It is remarkable, that none of the 
authors who have written upon the subject, 
have noticed Strahd's allusion to three Tombs. 
The largest was opened by order of Monsieur 
de Choiseul. We were acquainted with the Jeiv 
employed as agent in the undertaking. He 
appeared to be an honest and a respectable man ; 
but we rather doubted the truth of the story 
relating to the discovery of the antiquities sent 
to his employer, as having been found in this 
tomb. There was no confidential person ap- 
pointed to superintend the work'. It was 
performed by night, with scarcely any witness 
of the transaction. In the* zeal to gratify his 
patron, and to prevent the disappointment likely 
to ensue from an expenditure of money to no 
purpose, it is at least probable that his Jewish 
(5) See the Vignette to the next Chapter. 
(6') See a narrative of the transaction, published by Mr. Thornton, 
in his account of Turkey. 
