xiv P R E F A C E .
mentioned certain Barrows now extant, as thofe of
Achilles and other clallical Heroes 3 as alfo his reafon
for fuppofing Niobe to be Hill vifible on Mount
Sipylus. The Effays advertifed at the end of this
Volume are partly intended to fatisfy any fuch
Enquirer.
D p
O xfo r d , 1775. '
C O N -
C O N T E N T S
C H A P T E R L
r / O T A G E to the Strait of Gibraltar— Cujlom of the Jailors
' —’■ Our pajfage through the Strait —A fpecies o f porpus defer
ibed— The funfet remarkable — Antient accounts o f it The
caufe. Page 1
C H A P . II.
Voyage to Genoa — Manner of fifin g in the Mole — Arrive at
Leghorn. . 5
C H A P III.
Sail from Leghorn — In the Archipelago — Ruin o f an antient
temple on Sunium— Pafs Smyrna— Enter the Hellejpont— Arrive
at the inner cafles—^uit the fhip. 7
C H A P . IV.
Turks deferibed— Reception on fo r e— Dinner — The town— The
river—The fite of the two caflles afcertained— The night. 11
C H A P . V.
We pafs down the Hellefpont — Land in the Cherronefe of Thrace
— The town antiently Elens — Civility o f the governor — The
Barrow, &c. o f Proteflaus. 14
C H A P . VI.
Sail to Tenedos— Situation and modern hijlory of the i f and— The
port and Town — The antiquities — Greek recreations — The
might— The morning— The conful returns. 16