St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-06

to express tins as my opinion, had not
many learned men done the same he.
lore me, and their arguments seem to
me after having examined both sides
t." outweigh the very doubtful thesti-
mony of tradition.
Not far from BounaIbas the river
! Scamandcr makes il sharp bend like an
OK bow, and projecting out into the
bow Is craggy bluff on which it is
supposed the city of Troy stood. 1t is
Il magnificent site, overlooking all the
plain as far as the Hellespont. where
were moored the ships of the Greeks.
the -Egean and the islands in it. The
blutt stands some three hundred feet
above the bed of the Scamander, the
rocks on two sides being very precip-
itous, and the Acropolis- Pergamus.
and stretching down the hill in front of
it, for mile perhaps, as far as the vii
lage of B"unarbashi. was the city. sur
rounded 10y Il strong wall. the Scean
Gates being juSt where one would leave.
the city on entering the plain One is
struck at first sight by the maguiiiccncr
of the Sitefo an ancient city. 1T COM
hInrS, SAYS Leakr i'll his Asia Minor.
''all the requisites one is accustomed Ia
look for a height overlooking Il fertile.
maritime plain, situated at Il sufficient
distance from the SEA To hc secure from
the attacks of pirates. and furnished
with c"plous and perennial supply of
water, presenting Il very strong and
healthy position for the city and fnl
the citadel. a hill bcNund the reach of
bow shot from the nciwhboIiny heights.
defended at the back hI st,cp rocks
and precipicc>. surrounded hN Il deep
valley and broad, torrent. and backed
beyond the river 10y mountains which
supplied timber and fuel 1t fultillS to"
III Il striking manner most of the lc-
IulIrmrnt> for the site of Troy. W hich
Homer continually speaks of a> "l"ljy. 8
"wInd-Swept, strongly built" "well
defended" While that Troy mighi
have been built on this blum does not at
all prove that it was built there. it still
seems probable that those " hn founded
the city would have selected the most
favorable location in the. vicinity tul it ::
and certainly there is II" other spot in
the Ir"ad that can begin t" compare
with the heights of BuunarhaSh.
Ncar the summit of the hill there arc
three tumulI. one of which ""cS hy the
name of the ''Tomb of Hector" There
Is little ground to believe in its grmu-
lncne>>. a> Homer SAYS that Hector was
buried outside the city walls, and this
spot must have been within. | took a
stock of souvenirs from the mound,
however, and fired my revolver three
times from lis summit in honor ot the
hero, az when | visit such places like
To give loose rclu> To my crcduitN.
Some excavations have been made on
the AcIopnli>. and massive foundations
of the ancient citadel wall have been
land bare for some distance. Coins
f,uud h.,. n,,,, ,I.,t q, c,,..l. ..;,,
'H
stood on the spot down To about 200
y !, ,.,
part of the original wall of PrrgamrI>.
~ =,
cation of some springs at the foot of
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One pouring a warm stream from which a-c.nd-
And spreads rapor like sm"k" from fire
ne "'"'I' eve" III summer sending forth
And there were, bro,d Stone h,.i,. t,i,I, vyr,,,,r,
At which IN times of peace, before the Greeks
ma" .ai''i'" ON ',' p,i'n' 'n' r'l'n DANES
nm. r,,i,..
Past these they swept one fled and one pursued
a brave man fled hrav'r followed cl"-".
s,'',,S '''.' '>' ~, '''"'i"'" P''|''
such =. reward the fleet nf foo, ,h,y r,n
The race was ior the knighty Iirctors life"
1t WAS here that Hector. after having
fled three times around the walls of
Troy. pursued by Achilles, made Il
stand at last, and WAS slain by his pow
ertul antagonist with the aid of PaIlas.
There is Il large number of these
springs, called 10y the Turks Kurk GLEN,
Forty Eyes. The name Bounarbashi