Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . No. 19. Plan showing the ancient Bed of the Scamanderin front of Troy. °Z THE COUNTRY OF THE TROJANS. [Chap. L caused the error of the topographers, who make the Simois run directlyto the sea through the bed of the river In Tepeh Asmak. In this bendthe bank of the ancient bed of the Scamander, on the side of Koum Kioi,. No. 20. The Dunes of the Ancient Scamander. The confluence of the Simois an
Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . No. 19. Plan showing the ancient Bed of the Scamanderin front of Troy. °Z THE COUNTRY OF THE TROJANS. [Chap. L caused the error of the topographers, who make the Simois run directlyto the sea through the bed of the river In Tepeh Asmak. In this bendthe bank of the ancient bed of the Scamander, on the side of Koum Kioi,. No. 20. The Dunes of the Ancient Scamander. The confluence of the Simois and the Ancient Scamander is between Troy and the hill to the north-east of KoumKioi. The plain of the Simois is there 2 metres higher than the plain of the Scamander. In front ofthis confluence is a large dune of sand, which has been cut through by the river between Koum Kioi and theTomb of Ilu8; the depression between the plain (8-33 metres) and the hill of the Kalyvia gave a passageto the river, which then discharged itself into the bed of the In Tepeh. Between the Tumulus of IIus and thfcJbed of the In Tepeh can be seen the sand which has filled up this depression. (The numbers indicate thealtitudes in metres.) is effaced and confounded with the plain; on the opposite side it has ahigh bank. The land which terminates in this steep bank rises gradually § III.] RIVERS—THE ANCIENT SCAMANDER. 83 towards the hills of In Tepeh, and opposes an insuperable barrier to thewaters of the Siniois. Afterwards comes the
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