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)

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At a few miles from that place we
came to the mouth of the Manavgat
river: we had anticipated there some
tedious employment on a bank of sand,
which seemed from the top of the theatre
of Side, to be of considerable extent.
We were agreeably disappointed in find-
ing that this appearance arose from the
volume of turbid water ejected by that
river, which, bending along the shore in
proportion as the influence of the west-
erly current prevailed over the force of
the river, and preserving a well-defined
line of separation from the clear sea-
water, assumed the appearance of the
abrupt edge of a shoal.

Crossing a shallow bar, we ascended
the river about four miles, to an irregular
fortress on its right bank. It is surround-
ed by high walls, and flanked by towers
of all shapes; they are inhabited by a
few Turks, whose military appearance
seemed fully suited to the misery and
decay of their fortifications.