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with the river, crossing it at short intervals. In May there was a
brisk stream, more than ankle deep and a dozen metres wide; but
in October the bed was quite dry. From this river road is seen
prominently on the left the long ridge on which Chigri lies. At In6
there are tolerable khans and an excellent locanda, and the Greek
inhabitants are intelligent and courteous. A visit to Chigri should
be made from here in a single day, as the Turkish villages nearer
the mountain can provide no tolerable accommodation.
The ancient city now called Chigri, identified by Mr. Calvert with
the classic Neandreia, is magnificently situated on a plateau more
than five hundred metres above the sea. The walls extend along
the ridge for over a kilometre and a half, and are to a great extent
still standing in good condition. The courses of stone are some-
what less regular in their lines than the best work at Assos, and
occasionally lapse suddenly into polygonal. The thickness of the
wall where we measured it was 3.20 metres. The general structure
was the same as at Assos, each side of the wall being neatly faced
with smoothed stones, while inside the stones were left rough. The
interval between the inner and outer faces of the wall was filled up
with small stones.
The ground within the walls is approximately level, but with a
considerable rise towards the northern end, as well as at the south
end near the little Acropolis. Large rocks lie scattered over the
surface, and the soil is as a rule very scanty. No hewn stone is
seen, and in general little except the walls recalls the fact that a
city once stood here. It would seem that the ground %vas never
fully occupied (perhaps no very massive buildings were erected),
that no later settlement came to accumulate de'bris above the Greek
remains, and that the storms of twenty centuries have washed the
hill almost bare of all traces of human habitation. Greek coins
are often found here by the Turks of the village just below, who
pasture their flocks within the walls.
The Acropolis is merely a precipitous hillock, covered with great
fragments of natural rock piled high upon each other in the wildest
confusion. From this point we obtained our first good view of the
Trojan Plain. Just west of this elevation is a great gate in the city
wall. Its jambs are still standing, and in one of them is a neatly
cut slot, in which the hinge of the gate may have rested. Between
with the river, crossing it at short intervals. In May there was a
brisk stream, more than ankle deep and a dozen metres wide; but
in October the bed was quite dry. From this river road is seen
prominently on the left the long ridge on which Chigri lies. At In6
there are tolerable khans and an excellent locanda, and the Greek
inhabitants are intelligent and courteous. A visit to Chigri should
be made from here in a single day, as the Turkish villages nearer
the mountain can provide no tolerable accommodation.
The ancient city now called Chigri, identified by Mr. Calvert with
the classic Neandreia, is magnificently situated on a plateau more
than five hundred metres above the sea. The walls extend along
the ridge for over a kilometre and a half, and are to a great extent
still standing in good condition. The courses of stone are some-
what less regular in their lines than the best work at Assos, and
occasionally lapse suddenly into polygonal. The thickness of the
wall where we measured it was 3.20 metres. The general structure
was the same as at Assos, each side of the wall being neatly faced
with smoothed stones, while inside the stones were left rough. The
interval between the inner and outer faces of the wall was filled up
with small stones.
The ground within the walls is approximately level, but with a
considerable rise towards the northern end, as well as at the south
end near the little Acropolis. Large rocks lie scattered over the
surface, and the soil is as a rule very scanty. No hewn stone is
seen, and in general little except the walls recalls the fact that a
city once stood here. It would seem that the ground %vas never
fully occupied (perhaps no very massive buildings were erected),
that no later settlement came to accumulate de'bris above the Greek
remains, and that the storms of twenty centuries have washed the
hill almost bare of all traces of human habitation. Greek coins
are often found here by the Turks of the village just below, who
pasture their flocks within the walls.
The Acropolis is merely a precipitous hillock, covered with great
fragments of natural rock piled high upon each other in the wildest
confusion. From this point we obtained our first good view of the
Trojan Plain. Just west of this elevation is a great gate in the city
wall. Its jambs are still standing, and in one of them is a neatly
cut slot, in which the hinge of the gate may have rested. Between