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crowned one, and Hepho'stion the other \ It citap. 
. VI. 
will not therefore be easy to determme, at the ^ 
present day, which, of the three Tombs now 
standing upon this promontory, was that for- 
merly venerated by the inhabitants of Sigeiim 
for containing the ashes oi uichilles^ . The same 
degree of micertainty does not attach to the 
Tomb of jjljax : upon the Rhoetean side there is 
only a single tumulus. 
From hence we descended once more to Hetumto 
Koum-hali; where we embarked for the Dar- dandus. 
danelles. And now, having finished the survey 
of this interesting country, it may be proper to 
add, by way of postscript to this Chapter, a brief 
summary of the principal facts concerning it, 
for the use of other travellers, and as the result 
of our observations in Troas^ 
(5) ^lian. Var. Hist. lib. xii. e. 7. The distinction is also made 
Ly Strabo, and by other writers. This difference between Homer's 
record and the traditions of the country, respecting the Trojan tVur, 
seems to prove that the latter were not derived from the former. Dr. 
Chandler has discussed this subject, in his interesting History of Ilium. 
See p. 138. 
(6) It should also be observed, that to the south of Sigeum, upon 
the shore of the yEgean, are yet other Tumuli, of equal, if not greater 
size, to which hardly any attention has yet been paid ; and these are 
visible far out at sea. The opening all of them will, it is hoped, one 
day throw some light upon this curious subject. 
(7) The Readep is rerjuested to consult the engraved Vignette of the 
Fourth Chapter ; as a map of reference for the observations which 
follow. 
