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was choked up in 161 o; and not long ago, we were told, the Spring
had entirely disappeared for nine years, after an earthquake. It
is reckoned very efficacious in the rheumatifm, the leprofy, and
all cutaneous diSorders. They firft fcour the lkin by rolling in
the bed of the river, which is a fine fand, and full of holes or
cavities, like graves, made for the body. By each inclofure is
a ffied, where they fleep after bathing. In the court-wall of one
is inferted the trunk of a large ftatue ; and higher on the hill
are the ruins and veftiges of the antient fepulchres of Alexandria
Troas.
W e crofied the river again, and in fifteen minutes entered
among the roots of Mount Ida, which hitherto had been on our
right hand, but now faced us. We had an extenfive view of
the country, and from one Summit the pike of Tenedos bore 30“
well: of north. The tops of the mountain are innumerable..
New ones arofe continually before us, as we advanced; and low
oaks and buffies are interfperfed among the vad naked rocks.
Coming near Chemali we Saw Several wind-mills; Turkey-
wheat (landing; and on the dopes of the hills, a few vineyards.
The men were at work abroad, but the door-ways of the clay-
cottages were filled with women, their faces muffled, and with
children, looking at us. Our men purchafed of them Some melons,
with eggs, which they fried in oil.
T he mofque, which we had taken this long walk to examine,
in Head of proving, as we had hoped, Some antient building or
temple, contained nothing to reward our labour. The portico,
Under which, we (lopped, is Supported by broken columns, and
in the walls are marble fragments. The door is carved with
Greek characters exceedingly complicated. We fuppofed it had
formerly been a church. In the court was a plain chair of marble,
almod entire; and under the pod of a (hed, a pededal, with
a moulding cut along one fide, and an inscription in Latin,
which (hows it once belonged to a datue of Nero, nephew of
the emperor Tiberius. Many Scraps of Greek and Latin occur
in the old burying-grounds, which are very extenfive. We
Saw more marble about this inconfiderable village, than at
Troas.
C o l o n s , the Hills, was a town on the continent oppofite to
Tenedos. Antigonus removed the inhabitants to Troas, but the
place was not entirely abandoned. It Seems to have recovered
under the Romans, and has Survived the new city; dill, as may
be colledted from the fite and marbles, lingering on in the
Turkiffi village Chemali.
C H A P . X II.
Coajl by Alexandria Troas — Enekioi — Giaurkioi or Sigeum —
Site o f the Church — Account o f Sigeum — The famous Sigeart
Jlone part o f a pilafer — The difpoftion o f the lines on it — O f
the Greek alphabet — Age of the f r jl infeription --- Age o f the
fecond -— Lies negleSled.
FROM Chemali we returned to the vineyard, purpofing to
embark as Soon as poffible, the danger from banditti increafing
with our day in thefe parts, which had already produced a general
uneafinefs; but finding the wind drong and contrary, we
went back to the hot baths with our thermometer, which we
had not taken with us before. In the mean time, the Aga of
Chemali Sent word, that he defigned vifiting us in the evening,
and defined our acceptance of a kid. His men, however, had
carried off the intended prefent, on hearing from the janizary
that we were going away. We were glad to avoid feeing him,
as we expedted he would prove but a troublefome gued. We
hadened to get on board, coaded by Alexandria Troas in the
du(k; and after rowing about five miles, landed, and dept on
the beach. The Solemn night was rendered yet more awful by
the melancholy howlings of numerous jackalls, hunting, as we
fuppofed, their prey.