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CHAP, been proper to state concerning the antient 
■ history of Tenedos ; and who pubHshed, at the 
same time, a very accurate Plan of the island, 
with a view of the town ; was told that no 
remains of former times existed'. The bronze 
medals of Tenedos are however not uncommon. 
If the interesting monument now mentioned be 
hereafter noticed, its removal will not be diffi- 
cult. The Jeivish Consul at the Dardanelles might 
at any time effect the undertaking; but this 
could not be done without considerable ex- 
pense. 
Continuing our course towards the south, 
after passing the town of Tenedos, we were 
struck by the very grand appearance of the antient 
Balnece, already described, among the remains 
of udllexandria Troas. The three arches of the 
building make a conspicuous figure, from a consi- 
derable distance at sea, like the front of a magni- 
ficent palace ; and this circumstance, connected 
with the mistake so long prevalent concerning the 
city itself, gave rise to the appellation of *' The 
Palace of Priam,'' bestowed by mariners upon 
Ledum these ruins. Thence we sailed to the Promontory 
tory. of Lectum, now Cape Baha, at the mouth of the 
^dramyttianGulph; the south-western extremity 
(1) Voyage du Levant, torn. II. p. 92. Lj/on, 1717. 
