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)

158 MANAVGAT.

On a tablet in the north wall we found
some lines in Arabic, which were very dif-
ficult to decypher. The following, how-
ever, was given by our interpreter as the
general meaning:

" Be not vain of thy splendid apparel: I have expe-
rienced those delusions: the world is open to people of
all ranks."

This does not seem to be a very ap-
posite inscription for a fortress; but in
Turkey, verses of the Koran, or some
trite aphorisms, are promiscuously placed
upon fountains, tombs, and fortresses.

This river is evidently the antient Me-
las. Strabo attaches a port to it; but
the coast is now a straight beach of
sand.

The shore to the eastward is a conti-
nuation of low sand hills, frequently in-
tersected by small rivers. One of these
was a rapid torrent; its banks Avere strew-
ed with the shattered stems of large trees,
which had been torn from the mountains;