DISTRICT OF TRO AS, 
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gulph on either side below us. The ascent was, lobe sure, 
somewhat critical, and could only be effected by a ladder of 
ice. I cut holes for my hands and feet, my face touching the 
surface of the steep as I continued climbing. The north wind 
blew with a degree of violence that made the undertaking more 
difficult; for my fingers, almost frozen, lost their feeling. 
A tiger, when the snow was fresher, had left the impression 
of his feet ; and these marks proved a valuable guidance 
to me, in showing the direction I was to pursue. In this man¬ 
ner I reached the second point. Still along and laborious 
track was before me; but the greatest difficulty was over. I 
advanced with eagerness over an aerial ridge, toward the high¬ 
est point of all, where no vestige of any living being could be 
discerned. Here the ascent was easier than before; and in a 
few minutes I stood upon the summit. What a spectacle ! 
All European Turkey, and the whole of Asia Minor, seemed 
as it were modeled before me on a vast surface of glass. The 
great objects drew my attention first; afterward I examined 
each particular place with minute observation. The eye, 
roaming to Constantinople, beheld all the sea of Marmora, the 
mountains of Piusa, with Asiatic Olympus, and all the sur¬ 
rounding territory, comprehending, in one wide survey, all 
Propontis and the Hellespont, with the shores of Thrace and 
Chersonesus, all the north of the Aegean, Mount Allies, the 
islands ©f Imbrus, Samothrace,Lemnos,Tenedos, and all beyond, 
even to Euboea; the gulph of Smyrna, almost all Mysia, and 
Bithynia, with part of Lydia and Ionia. Looking down upon 
Troas, it appeared spread as a lawn before me. I distinctly saw 
the course of the Scamander through the Trojan plain to the 
sea. The visible appearance of the river, like a silver thread, 
offered a clue to other objects. I could discern the tomb of 
JS.syet.es, and even Bonarbashy. At the base of the mountain, 
and immediately below my eyes, stood the conical hill of Ku- 
chunlit Tepe, on whose sides and summit are the ruins before 
described. JN r otfling could be better calculated to show 7 the 
erroneous nature of all the maps published of the country than 
my situation here. The Adramyttian gulph is so close to the 
mountain, that it may be said to skirt its base; inclining to¬ 
ward the northeast, and bearing so much round upon the north¬ 
eastern side, that the extremity of it is concealed by flint part 
of the Idnean Chain. Thus it would seem impossible for any 
one to pass in a direct line from the end of the gulph to the 
Dardanelles, without leaving not only the chain of Ida, but 
