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)

122 ADALIA.

To avoid giving unnecessary umbrage,
we abstained from all examination of tbe
town, though we learned from an intel-
ligent Greek that it contained many re-
mains of antiquity. He said there were
also several moskes, but that most of
them were paltry buildings: from the
ship, however, we perceived five lofty mi-
narehs, one of which is fluted from the
base up to the gallery that surrounds the
head of the shaft.

The port is inclosed by two stone piers,
which once had towers on the extremi-
ties ; but they are now in a ruinous state,
and the inroads of the sea unite with the
neglect of their present possessors to in-
sure their destruction.

The gardens round the town are beau-
tiful ; the trees were loaded with fruit;
every kind of vegetation seemed to be
exuberant; and the inhabitants spoke of
their corn grounds as more than com-
monly productive. The soil is deep, and
every where intersected by streams load-