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its colour, but not its strength. It is made chiefly by Jews, and 
csflled, in Italian.(the language spoken throughout the Levant,) 
Pino della Lege; because it is pretended, that the Jews, by 
their law, are prohibited the adulteration of wine. Its price, 
when of a good quality, equals eight paras the oke about two¬ 
pence a bottle. 
On the European side of the straits, precisely on the spot 
where it is believed Sestus w as situated, arid where it is laid 
down by B’Anviile, are three tumuli. Concerning these a 
silly fable is related by the Turks, which affirms that they 
were formed by the straw, the chaff, and the corn, of a dervish, 
winnowing his grain. The largest is called SesV Tcpe. Sesp 
ip... Turkish, signifies an echo ; but there is no echo, either at the 
tomb, or near it ; w hence it is not too much to conclude that 
S&sfas, afforded the original etymology of this name, and perhaps 
the site of it may be thus ascertained. Near it is a place called 
Akbash, w here there are said to be ruins, and where a dervish 
resides, who has frequently brought medals anil other antiquities, 
found there, to the Dardanelles. Farther up the straits, toward 
the sea of Marmora, at about the distance of three English 
miles from Akbash, and on the same side, are the remains of a 
mole, having the remarkable appellation ofGaziler Eschielesy , 
thg Pier or Strand of the Conquerors ; w hether with allusion to 
the passage of the Getag, wdio from Phrygia and Mysia, crossing 
the Hellespont, first peopled Thrace, Macedonia, and Greece ; 
or to the Persic invasion, many ages after; or to the conquests 
of the Turks themselves; cannot now be determined. That 
this people have retained in their language the original interpre¬ 
tation of many ancient appellations, may be proved by various 
examples, in the names of rivers and places. 
Having procured at the Dardanelles proper persons to attend 
us as guides, during our intended expedition to the plain of Troy, 
and a four-oared boat to conduct us thither by day break on the 
following morning, we returned on board the corvette. I in¬ 
formed the captain, as well as the crew, that it would not be 
possible for us, consistently with the plan we had in contempla¬ 
tion, to sail for the Mediterranean in less than a fortnight. Our 
ambassador had sent his cook on board, with money for the 
army, and had previously urged the impropriety of delaying 
the vessel during her voyage; therefore, as all seemed desirous 
to overtake the Turkish fleet, which we were informed had not 
passed Tenedos, we resolved to send an express by land to Con¬ 
stantinople, to ensure a passage* upon our return from Traas, m 
