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each side of the road, in the approach to the chap 
capital. At Selyvria there is a bridge of thirty- 
arches, over a nameless river. The town con- 
tains two thousand houses. This place may 
be considered as retaining, unaltered, the ap- 
pellation given to it by Straho, who calls it 
Selybria; and the ^ being pronounced /^ it 
becomes Selyvria. Straho says that its name, 
being Selyus, became Selybria, by the Thra- 
cian termination *. 
From Selyvria to Buyuh Tchekmadji, the road JSu^rii* 
lies entirely along the shore of the Propontis. madji. 
We passed through Crevatis, situate upon the Crevatis. 
beach, with a square tower and a bridge of 
thirty arches, making a conspicuous figure in 
the approach to it. Buyuh Tchekmadji, signifying 
the Great Bridge, has a series of four stone bridges 
raised upon arches ; over which, and along the 
old paved way, we passed by a lake to the town. 
The lake extends northward to a considerable 
distance. At Biiyuk Tchehmadfi there is a fine 
harbour. The town contains two hundred 
houses : of this number about sixty belong to 
Turks. Here we halted for the night. The 
next morning {Jan. 13), we rode to Kutchuck 
(4) 'Cli tea.) h rou "SriXvst ^'oXii '2iiXv(i^!» ^(aftiyi^turai, «. t. ?„ Simf^on 
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