THESSALONICA. 439 
conical tumulus which perhaps exists in all chap. 
Turkey. The circumference of its base mea- ■ -^- ■ 
sures two hundred and seventy-seven paces; 
and the distance from the base to the summit 
from sixty- six to seventy yards. In the silence 
of history concerning this tomb, it is permitted 
to conjecture, that it may possibly cover the 
remains of those Thessalonians who fell in the 
battle fought here against Philip the Second; no 
other instance having occurred likely to cause 
a tumulus of such magnitude so near to the walls 
of Salonica. 
