2G8 FROM THE HELLESPONT 
CHAP, buildiiio* materials afforded by its immense 
VII. , ^ _ '' 
^ I—,- .<^ remains. With the aid of our telescopes, we 
could still discern a magnificent theatre almost 
entire, and many other mouldering edifices. 
This city stood on the two sides of an antient 
mole, separating its two ports, and connecting 
the Triopian land, in Strahos time an island, 
with the continent'. 
Visited by (i) We are indebted for the information which follow;, concerning 
Halicarnassus and Cnidus, together with the Plan which accompanies 
it, to the observations of Mr. Morrttt ; celebrated for his controversy 
with Mr. Bryant, on the subject of Homer's Poems and the Existence 
of Troy. It is the mure valuable, because few modern travellers 
have visited these Ruins ; and certainly no one better qualified for 
the undertakipoj. 
" 14th June, 1795. — We set out in a boat from Cos. and in a few 
hours reached Boudroun, the antient Halicarnassus, a distance of 
eighteen computed Turkish miles. This small town stands on a shallow 
bay, at the eastern extremity of the large and deep port of the antient 
city. Off this bay lies the island mentioned in Strabo, by the name of 
Arconnesos, ' A^xinvifis, (lib. xiv. p. 656.) The houses are iri-egularly 
scattered on the shore, and interspersed with gardens , burying-grounds, 
and cultivated fields. We lodged at a large khan near the bazar, which 
is marked in the delineation given in Choiseul's Voyage Pittoresqiie 
(PI. 96. p. 152.) Several Turkish vessels were at anchor in the i^ort ; 
and the disorderly conduct of the crews at night made the houses of the 
Greeks uncomfortable, and indeed unsafe places of residence. Pistol- 
balls were at night so often fired at their windows, that they were obliged 
to barricade those of their sleeping rooms ; and the outward windows of the 
khan had been carefully walled up, for the same reason. We, soon after 
our arrival, crossed some gardens behind the town, to view the remains of 
an antient edifice which is on the north-east side of it. We found six 
columns of the fluted Doric, supporting their architrave, mutilated frieze, 
and cornice. The marble of which they are made is of a dark grey 
colour, with a few white veins ; nor is the masonry of the same work- 
manship 
