[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