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)

138 EURYMEDON.

land. These plains are evidently alluvial
and very low, and though covered with
coarse grass, and supporting numerous
herds of cattle, have every mark of being-
overflowed in winter.

After passing the Eurymedon, we
crossed several streams, and one small
river about fifty feet wide, which winds
round the ruins of a village about half a
mile from its mouth. The place is unin-
habited, but the houses, among which
are the remains of a Christian church,
have a modern appearance. This river
would not have been worth mentioning,
but for its probable coincidence with that
to which the following passage of Strabo
alludes. " Then, there is another river,
with many islands before its mouth."
This is the only notice he takes of the
coast between the Eurymedon and Side;
and the above mentioned is the only
river that intervenes; yet there are no
islands near it, nor any in that whole
space. It is however remarkable, that