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Chap, xxxvi.]
SEIDI GHAZI KALEH.
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tvveen Erdek and Constantinople consists chiefly in wine;
it possesses a small and well-sheltered harbour facing the
S.S.W.j and protected from the N.W. by a ruined mole *
the bay is formed by a promontory to the south, on which
is a ruined castle called Seidi Ghazi Kaleh, with the re-
mains of a wall running across it.
Scattered about the town were a few fragments of ancient
sculpture, such as capitals of Corinthian columns, and mar-
ble architraves. In the entrance of the church, near to
which I halted, was an inscription* in Greek and Latin on
a flat stone, probably a broken sarcophagus. Disappointed
at the result of my visit to this place, I determined to re-
turn immediately to Cyzicus, and to encamp for the night
amongst its ruins.
Sending the baggage by the nearest road, I procured
a guide to conduct me along the coast for about a mile,
to the summit of the promontory of Melanos, which is pro-
tected in the narrowest part by the wall just mentioned,
crossing it from S.E. to N.W. It is defended by towers at
irregular distances, and was once cased with marble blocks,
most of which have long since fallen down. After a steep
ascent we reached the summit, consisting of crystalline
limestone resting on beds of indurated shale: its barren-
ness forms a striking contrast with the rich vegetation on
the slope of Mount Dindymus. Here were the remains of a
ruined chapel, and some large blocks of marble. Descend-
ing from the summit to the E.N.E. we passed through the
gateway in the ancient wall; it appears to be of Roman
construction, and consists of alternating courses of black and
white stone, marble and granite.
Having overtaken the baggage before reaching the ruins,
we halted under a magnificent plane tree, where my tent
was pitched, near a spring of water, which flows along one
of the ancient conduits. This is, perhaps, the fountain cele-
brated in former times for curing the torments of love by
* See Appendix, No. 315.
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SEIDI GHAZI KALEH.
99
tvveen Erdek and Constantinople consists chiefly in wine;
it possesses a small and well-sheltered harbour facing the
S.S.W.j and protected from the N.W. by a ruined mole *
the bay is formed by a promontory to the south, on which
is a ruined castle called Seidi Ghazi Kaleh, with the re-
mains of a wall running across it.
Scattered about the town were a few fragments of ancient
sculpture, such as capitals of Corinthian columns, and mar-
ble architraves. In the entrance of the church, near to
which I halted, was an inscription* in Greek and Latin on
a flat stone, probably a broken sarcophagus. Disappointed
at the result of my visit to this place, I determined to re-
turn immediately to Cyzicus, and to encamp for the night
amongst its ruins.
Sending the baggage by the nearest road, I procured
a guide to conduct me along the coast for about a mile,
to the summit of the promontory of Melanos, which is pro-
tected in the narrowest part by the wall just mentioned,
crossing it from S.E. to N.W. It is defended by towers at
irregular distances, and was once cased with marble blocks,
most of which have long since fallen down. After a steep
ascent we reached the summit, consisting of crystalline
limestone resting on beds of indurated shale: its barren-
ness forms a striking contrast with the rich vegetation on
the slope of Mount Dindymus. Here were the remains of a
ruined chapel, and some large blocks of marble. Descend-
ing from the summit to the E.N.E. we passed through the
gateway in the ancient wall; it appears to be of Roman
construction, and consists of alternating courses of black and
white stone, marble and granite.
Having overtaken the baggage before reaching the ruins,
we halted under a magnificent plane tree, where my tent
was pitched, near a spring of water, which flows along one
of the ancient conduits. This is, perhaps, the fountain cele-
brated in former times for curing the torments of love by
* See Appendix, No. 315.
H 2