I OB KE*S TRAVELS.- 
to escape this, ships from the Archipelago avoid bearing up the 
Straits until they are able to see all the windmills stationed 
upon the brow of the promontory. Two of the tombs men¬ 
tioned by Strabo appear very conspicuous in that point of view. 
The house of a dervish is situated in the side of the one nearest 
to the windmills and to the village of Yeni Cheyr; and this 
sepulchre was opened by order of Monsieur de Choiseul.— 
Having doubled the cape, two other tumuli appear upon the 
coast toward the south. These are very large, and stand close 
to the cliff above the shore. We sailed on toward Tenedos. 
The soil, as we approached, seemed bleak and barren; but the 
island produces the finest wine in the Archipelago. The Egyp¬ 
tian expedition had raised its price to eight paras the oke: or¬ 
dinarily, the demand is only from four to six. This wine will 
keep fourteen or sixteen years; after that time it loses its red 
colour, and becomes white, but retains its strength and flavour 
to a much longer period. The wind and sea were so turbulent 
that we could not land : we fired a gun, and laid to near the 
town ; this is situated in a low and sheltered spot. A boat put 
off to us upon our signal, but found such a sea running, that she 
was compelled to return, and we continued our course. Per¬ 
haps we surveyed the island better from our deck than we 
could have done on shore; for we saw the whole extent of the 
tpwn, with the vessels lying in its port, and the land on either 
side?* There is upon the island but one object to attract stran¬ 
gers, except its wine. It was anciently famous for its earthen¬ 
ware; fragments of which we had seen in Troas. But the so- 
ros of AtticuS) father of Herodcs Atticiis, a very interesting re- 
lique, is in the market place; and this, with its operculum , 
is said to be entire. It now stands in the agora of the town, 
serving as a cistern. The inscription upon it was published 
by Chandler.* Tournefort, who has anticipated every thing 
it might have been proper to state concerning the ancient his¬ 
tory of Tenedos; and who published, at the same time, a very 
accurate plan of the island, with a view of the town; was in¬ 
formed that no remains of former times existed.f The bronze 
medals of Tenedos are however not uncommon. If the interest¬ 
ing monument I have mentioned be hereafter, policed, its re¬ 
moval will not be difficult. The Jewish consul at the Dar¬ 
danelles might at any time effect the undertaking; but this 
could not be done without considerable expense, 
* Inscrip Hones Antique, No. IV. 
f Voyage du Levant, tons. ii. p. 92* Lyon$ t 1717. 
