Beaufort, Francis: Karamania, or a brief description of the south coast of Asia-Minor and of the remains of antiquity: with plans, views, &c. ; collected during a survey of that coast, under the orders of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, in the years 1811 & 1812 (London, 1817)

110 RASHAT.

of such a moment, may have dashed
on without impediment. Arrian's good
sense ascribes the reflux of the sea to its
true cause, the north wind; while in the
bombast of Callisthenes, the Pamphylian
sea not only opened a passage for Alex-
ander, but by the abasement of its waters,
did homage to him as its king. Passes,
however, have been since made over these
projecting ridges of rock; the rough sur-
face has been hewn away to the breadth
of some yards, and a tolerable road
formed, for those who could neither wait
for a change of wind, nor command mi-
raculous interposition.

The small uninhabited island called
Rashat, is separated from the shore by
a narrow channel; to the eastward it
presents a perpendicular face, 350 feet
high; the other side slopes down to the
water, and was formerly defended by a
wall, of which part still remains. This
was the scene of that catastrophe which
closed the attempt on Adalia the preced-