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INVESTIGATIONS AT ASSOS, 1881. 7
volume Assos was mentioned by M. Olivier,1 in a book which
gives much information concerning the condition of the Troad
during the last decade of the eighteenth century; but the
author did not land at Behram, contenting himself with ex-
amining the coast from his vessel.
That eminent authority upon the topography of ancient
Greece, Colonel Leake, visited Assos in the year 1800. His
short notice of the site was first published in 1817 in the
continuation of Walpole's " Memoirs relating to European
and Asiatic Turkey," 2 and several years later appeared in his
own " Journal."3 This writer, whose extended travels and great
erudition give his opinion decisive weight, considered the re-
mains of Assos to present the most perfect idea of a Greek
city that is anywhere to be obtained.
Dr. Hunt saw the ruins one year after Leake; his report
was the first to be printed,4 though not till sixteen years
after his visit. Hunt's accurate and detailed account of the
theatre is particularly valuable, and his description of the
temple, the porticos with their inscriptions, the antique
edifice used as a Turkish bath, etc., cause wonder that the
ruins above ground should have remained in so perfect a
state of preservation so late as the beginning of the present
century, and regret that the excavations advised by him should
not then have been undertaken. Well might they have been
1 Voyage dans PEmpire Ottoman, FEgypte et la Perse. Fait par ordre du Gouv-
ernement pendant Us six premieres annies de la Republique, par G. A. Olivier.
Paris. An 9. Vol. i., chap. xxv.
2 Travels in Various Countries of the East; being a continuation of Memoirs
relating to European and Asiatic Turkey. Edited by Robert Walpole. London.
1820.
8 Journal of a Tour in Asia Minor, with comparative remarks on the ancient
and modern geography of that country. By William Martin Leake. F. R. S., etc.
London. 1824.
* Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, edited from manuscript
journals, by Robert Walpole. London. 1817. Number VI. Account of Dr.
Hunt and Prof. Carlyle.
volume Assos was mentioned by M. Olivier,1 in a book which
gives much information concerning the condition of the Troad
during the last decade of the eighteenth century; but the
author did not land at Behram, contenting himself with ex-
amining the coast from his vessel.
That eminent authority upon the topography of ancient
Greece, Colonel Leake, visited Assos in the year 1800. His
short notice of the site was first published in 1817 in the
continuation of Walpole's " Memoirs relating to European
and Asiatic Turkey," 2 and several years later appeared in his
own " Journal."3 This writer, whose extended travels and great
erudition give his opinion decisive weight, considered the re-
mains of Assos to present the most perfect idea of a Greek
city that is anywhere to be obtained.
Dr. Hunt saw the ruins one year after Leake; his report
was the first to be printed,4 though not till sixteen years
after his visit. Hunt's accurate and detailed account of the
theatre is particularly valuable, and his description of the
temple, the porticos with their inscriptions, the antique
edifice used as a Turkish bath, etc., cause wonder that the
ruins above ground should have remained in so perfect a
state of preservation so late as the beginning of the present
century, and regret that the excavations advised by him should
not then have been undertaken. Well might they have been
1 Voyage dans PEmpire Ottoman, FEgypte et la Perse. Fait par ordre du Gouv-
ernement pendant Us six premieres annies de la Republique, par G. A. Olivier.
Paris. An 9. Vol. i., chap. xxv.
2 Travels in Various Countries of the East; being a continuation of Memoirs
relating to European and Asiatic Turkey. Edited by Robert Walpole. London.
1820.
8 Journal of a Tour in Asia Minor, with comparative remarks on the ancient
and modern geography of that country. By William Martin Leake. F. R. S., etc.
London. 1824.
* Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, edited from manuscript
journals, by Robert Walpole. London. 1817. Number VI. Account of Dr.
Hunt and Prof. Carlyle.