'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎318] (387/905)

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The Hellespont
at Gallipol"
COAST OF THE DARDANELLES. [CHAP. XIV.
the tomb of Ajax, and by three other branches a little way to
the westward; and the remains of a salt lake, as well as the
general appearance of the shore eastward of Kum Kal'eh-si
(Sand Castle), indicate that the earth carried down by these
streams, as well as by the Mendereh and Bunarbashi rivers,
have gradually filled up the bay which was once so distinguished
during the operations 1 against Troy, by affording the Greeks
a landing-place 2 which was not exposed to the formidable and
unceasing current which separates Europe from Asia. 3
The Hellespont issues from the Sea of Marmora, near
(jrallipoli, a town on the European side, which, in addition to
a population of about 70,000 inhabitants, is of importance,
as its road is the anchorage and place of departure for the
Ottoman fleet. A little lower, on the Asiatic side, there is
another Turkish town of some size, called Lampsaki, close to
which the current sweeps as before, nearly south-west, to the
bay oi feestos, a distance of about 20 miles, with an ordinary
width of from two and a half to three miles. This bay pre
sents the rich and varied scenery which terminates the two
great continents, whose shores are bordered by ranges of ele
vated wooded hills, clothed with productive vineyards, inter
mixed with groves of chesnut trees and oaks, together with
broom, arbutus, cistus, and myrtle.
AeArchi-* 0 At a ^ cient Sestos the stream becomes narrower, and
takes a S.S.E direction as it passes Abydos and proceeds to
SceT fl Qw CaStle ) ; from the las t
place it flows S.W. for three miles to Point Berber and
from thence onward, through interesting scenery, in the same
Ibid., c. xxxu. '' ■ x "