district of xhoas. 
Egypt; and this it much resembles. It is of the same sub¬ 
stance, and has the same form; its astonishing length equalled 
thirty-seven feet eight inches, and, without base or capital, its 
shaft was five feet three inches in diameter ; of one entire stoned 
It may, perhaps, serve to throw some light upon the origin of 
the Egyptian pillar : this I have always supposed of much, 
more ancient date than the time of the Homan emperor whose 
name is inscribed thereon, and who added perhaps its present 
capital. The situation of the present pillar is upon a hill 
above Alexandria Troas. A paved road led from the city, to 
the place where it either stood, or was to have been erected. 
We have therefore the instances of two cities, both built by 
generals of Alexander the Great, in consequence of his orders ;./ 
and each city having a pillar of this kind, in a conspicuous sit¬ 
uation, upon an eminence, on the outside of its walls. These, 
pillars may have served to support statues in honour of the 
founder of those cities. That such a custom existed among the 
ancients, in later ages, is proved by the appearance of the capital 
added by the Romans to the Alexandrian column ; for on the 
top of this, the foot of a statue still remains. It may therefore 
be reasonably concluded, that they were intended to support 
statues of Alexander ; surveying, from their colossal heights., 
the scenes of his conquest, and the cities of his pride. 
The hot baths, called Lydia Hamam , have been so ably 
described by Dr. Chandler,! that it is not necessary to detain 
the reader with new observations upon them. The water has 
the colour of whey ; it is impregnated with iron and salt; and 
its temperature, when ascertained deep in the crevices whence 
it issues, equals 142° of Fahrenheit. These baths a;e much 
resorted to, for the cure of rheumatism, leprosy, and every cu¬ 
taneous disorder. 
Journeying hence, toward Alexandria Troas, we observed, up¬ 
on a granite soros, partof an inscription, of some importance in de¬ 
termining the particular nature of the sort of sepulchre whereon 
it was inscribed; namely, one of those huge stone sepulchres used, 
in all parts of Turkey, for cisterns* beneath the public fountains.J 
Its diameter is five feet three inches at the base; and four feet five inches at the 
summit. 
t Travels in Asia Minor, p. 33. 
i Sandys mistook them for ancient cisterns. In his description of the ruins of Alex¬ 
andria Troas, (see Relation of a Journey , &c. p. 24.) he describes them as “ ample 
dsternes for the receit&f mine,” the city “ being seated on a sandie soilc, and altogether 
destitute of fountains.” They generally consist of two immense masses of stone % one 
©f which being hollowed, served as the coffin, and the other as its lid. They vary 
considerably in their dimensions. That to which allusion is here made, was nearly 
veven feet long, and above three feet wide; and this is the .ordinary size, 
