[Footnote13:SeeDucange，C。P。l。i。parti。c。16，andhisObservationssurVillehardouin，p。289。ThechainwasdrawnfromtheAcropolisnearthemodernKiosk，tothetowerofGalata；andwassupportedatconvenientdistancesbylargewoodenpiles。]

　　BetweentheBosphorusandtheHellespont，theshoresofEuropeandAsia，recedingoneitherside，enclosetheseaofMarmara，whichwasknowntotheancientsbythedenominationofPropontis。ThenavigationfromtheissueoftheBosphorustotheentranceoftheHellespontisaboutonehundredandtwentymiles。

　　ThosewhosteertheirwestwardcoursethroughthemiddleofthePropontis，amtatoncedescrythehighlandsofThraceandBithynia，andneverlosesightoftheloftysummitofMountOlympus，coveredwitheternalsnows。^14Theyleaveontheleftadeepgulf，atthebottomofwhichNicomediawasseated，theImperialresidenceofDiocletian；andtheypassthesmallislandsofCyzicusandProconnesusbeforetheycastanchoratGallipoli；

　　wherethesea，whichseparatesAsiafromEurope，isagaincontractedintoanarrowchannel。

　　[Footnote14:ThevenotVoyagesauLevant，parti。l。i。c。14

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