St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-09-22

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The following day friday had fewer
incidents, but brought us Il great deal
of pleasure. A good deal of the way
was through oak forests. The valOnea
oak is cultivated here very extensively.
1t is Il fine tree though not large, about
the size of an apple tree. The acorn is
large or rather the husk is so. and it is
this part which is so much exported to
Europe for the purposes of tanning. Ii
is IL great source of wealth to the in
hahitants. The forests are not thick
hut seem more like Il fruit orchard.
have seen nothing like it in Turkey.
We followed along toward the south
not far from the sea-, passing the Trench
of Hercules TIVE had not crossed the
track of this hero before, to our knowl-
edge) and other mythical localities.
Besika Bay where the English fleet was
just there.
We had hoped to reach Alexandria
TroaS IL little after noon. but Jones got
it into his head that he wanted to take
us to Turkish village some distance
off our way. and 50 about twelve o'clock
when we saw We were coming to Il VII
la%r he told us its name was Gheyckli
and on consulting our map We found
we were at least three hours from Troas.
l We We're slightly rilcd, but there was
no Use making IL row about it. and 81
we got of our horses and took a cup of
coffee.
1t WAS evidently Jones plan to make
and it WAS his turn to get disgustcd
when after Il few minutes we ordered
him I" get the horses and move ON.
Moving on from here we crossed Il
wilderness of underhrush. passed over
Il low mountain. fnrded Il river. and
after some time came i'll sight of the little
village "t Italian. just on he outskirts of
E>ki Stamhoul or Alexandria TrnaS
Ilcz. WAS about sick The sun waS
tcariully hot. We had hccnmc con-
Nimcrd that Jones did not know the
WAY as we'll is We did. and aS il was
the middle of the afternoon on Friday .
We concluded we might aS we'll give up
gong t" As>">. some twenty miles
further ON, inasmuch .s we must get
back again tn Chanak kalcS>i on Tues
day night. and had not ~ Vet visited
ANY of the supposed sites of Troy. 1t
Was Il great disappointment To me. is
the ruins of the old city of Assu>. down
on the Gulf of AdrN mittum. are said t"
Greek cities.
We were forced however to WELD to
circumstances IN the shape of iadcl
horses and Il block headed guide and 81
must make the hest of it. Jones did
not seem to know very we'll where We
were going to stay that night. and
when We asked him questions, simply
shrugged his shoulders. SO We rode
int" the village of Talian to ask fnr in
formation.
Was it a city of the dead? 1t might
have been ioI anything We SAW To the
contrary. There were houses To hc
sure the doors of which were standing
open. hut not Il chick nnI child. nor
human being of any description could
We find III any nook or corner of it.
We rode through the deserted streets
hut finding no one To answer our calls
pushed on t" Alexandria TroaS.
Where WAS it? The city founded hN
the Great Alexander. partly in honor of
ancient Troy and more in honor of him
self, was indeed somewhere ahoutS. but
we must search around among the thick
forest of valonea oak to find the few
traces of il that remain To our time.
Riding ON Il little farther we came to
the ancient wall. 1t was Il massive
structure and its ruins can now bc
traced through II circumference of about
six miles. \ little further on WAS the
stadium. | need not describe il to Won
for its shape and general appearance
was the same as those of Athens. Ephe-
suS. Smyrna and Salds. of which have
already written.
1t was Il beautiful place, its sides and
arena being thicklv covered with trees.
We rode down the steep bank that
formed the sides and place for the seats.
into the centre and diSmounted, leaving
our horses loose to feed on the thick
grass. lou would have said we might
have been happy, but | must confess
that the cares of this life rendered my
stay in Alexandria TroaS not 50 pleas
ant aS it otherwise might have been
Hez. WAS evidently about played ont.
No dependence could he placed on
Trivier a. he needed about as much
looking after as ii woman. Ferguson
was not III specially good humor, and
Jones did not know where in the wide
world we were, nor where we could stay
that night or get amy thing to eat.
found time, however. to take out
my Testament and read Acts Ii: S-II
and 20: ; II, of how the first great
missionary to the Gcntiles came to this
same Troas and here heard that oft
quoted call Come over into Macedonia
and help s,-and how while he was
here once preaching and administering
the Lords supper the unfortunate
Eutychus fell out of the loft window in