DISTRICT OF TROAS, 
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CHAP, V. 
DISTRICT OF TROAS, 
Ford of the Mender—Fountains of Bonarbashy—-their Temper¬ 
ature—Possible Allusion to them in Homer—Antiquities of 
Bonarhashy-Heights called the Acropolis-Ancient Tumuli— 
Probable Origin of the supposed Acropolis—Observations by 
the Polar Star—Journey to the Source of the Mender — Ba¬ 
salt Pillars—JEnia—Remarkable Tomb•—Plain of Beyra - 
mitch — Tufkmanle—Bonarh ashy of Bcyrandtch — Warm 
Springs — Beyramitch—A nt iqu ities—Kuchunlil Tepe— Tcm- 
fie and Altars of Jupiter — Ev^illar—Ascent to the Summit 
of Gar gams—Oratories of Hermits—View from the highest 
Point of the Mountain—Errors in the Geography of the 
Country—Appearance of the ldecani Chain toward Ledum- 
Dangerous Situation of the Author . 
It was now time to visit Bonarbashy, a place of which so 
much has beet! written and said. It had long been a conspicu¬ 
ous object io sight; and appeared at a distance toward the 
south-east, upon an eminence commanding a very extensive 
view of all Troas. Returning, therefore,, to Callifat we took 
the ordinary road to it from Kmin-kal and soon arrived at a 
ford of the Mender; at this time so broad and deep, that we 
were glad to hail some Turks at a considerable distance upon 
the opposite shore, and ask if it were passable. They answer¬ 
ed in the affirmative; but we narrowly escaped being carried 
off, horses and all, by the torrent. We rode quite up to the 
girths, across a place two hundred feet wide, and the current 
was extremely rapid. It reminded me of those rivers in the 
north of Sweden, which fall into the Gulph of Bothnia. It 
was at tins ford that my friend Mr. Gel], in a very different 
season of the year, was in danger of losing all the fruits ot his 
journey, by letting his papers fall info the river.* He stated 
the breadth of it as somewhat more than a hundred feet. In 
certain periods of the year, it inundates all the neighbouring 
Topography of Troy., p. 15. See also the very accurate representation of the 
Ford, with a view, from it, of Bonarbashy, in the 24th plate, p. 70. of the same work. 
I am able and anxious to bear ample testimony to Mr. Gell’s accurac;, , in ail the en¬ 
gravings which have been made from his drawings. We were together in Constantino¬ 
ple, in 1800, and both visited Troas in the following year. Our journey took place in 
March, 3801 ; Mr. Gell did not arrive until December. 
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