DISTRICT OF TROAS. 
ako preserved in the modern apppellation, Esky Skupshti* 
Upon the right hand, in the approach to ^Ene, is a most stu¬ 
pendous tumulus, called Mnt Tape, literally Mncas ’ Tomb . 
Some Jews called it also Sov ran Tepe , or Tomb of the King . 
The word Sov'ran has been perhaps taken from the Italian. 
Tape, signifying, in Turkish, an heap or tomb, is evidently the 
same with T : and tradition seems to afford, with regard to 
this tomb, as good foundation for believing it the sepulchre of 
^Eeeas, as Strabo found in the authority of Demetrius of Scep¬ 
sis for his royalty in the country. The inhabitants of J&ne say 
they find medals in considerable number: we could hear of. 
Bone, however, that had been seen of gold or silver ; therefore 
these medals cannot be of very ancient date. In the wall of 
the Khan, or Inn, I observed a marble, on which was the fol¬ 
lowing imperfect inscription : 
ATSIE 
O n A T H P 
tomnhmeiok 
HSEAAKFT ai 
FA I 0'2- 
In a cemetery dose to the road leading from M ne to Tupfi? 
fnanle , the inhabitants had used natural as well as artificial 
pillars for grave stones. We saw several columns of basalt up¬ 
right in the earth, mixed with others of granite. There were 
no less than twelve of the latter, of the Doric order. This part 
of our journey, from Mm to Turhnanle , conducted us through 
part of the beautiful plain of Beyramitch ; appearing to the 
eye one of the happiest territories in nature, cultivated like a 
garden, regularly inclosed, and surrounded by mountains. The 
distance between the two places is said to be two hours and a 
half. We frequently met camels and dromedaries, and observ¬ 
ed buffaloes everywhere used in tillage. The road in some 
places consisted of ancient pavement, to a considerable extent. 
We also crossed an ancient bridge. Before entering Turk - 
manld , we observed the appearances of mounds heaped upon 
the soil, together with a few granite pillars, some of which were 
still standing, and other remains denoting the site of some an¬ 
cient citadel or temple. Various- antiquities may be noticed 
* Fifty stadia, or six miles and a quarter. The Greek word II<iA.c£i and the 
Turkish Esky have the same signification. The Turks often translated epithets con¬ 
nected with the names of places into their own language, while they retained the 
substantive unaltered. Thus the Pate Scepsis of Strabo still bears the name with 
tpeiB of Esky Skupshu , 
