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XANTHIAN MARBLES.
During my travels in Asia Minor in the spring of
1838, I was so much struck by the beauty and pecu-
liarity of the architectural remains on the coast of the
province of Lycia, that I determined, if possible, to
penetrate into the interior of the country.
Observing from the works of Colonel Leake and
others that the valley of the Xanthus would probably
be found to contain ancient cities, and that it had never
yet been explored, 1 commenced my researches at Pa-
tara, and within a few miles up the valley discovered the
extensive and highly interesting ruins of Xanthus, the
former capital of Lycia. I afterwards found another
large city, whose situation alone would point it out as
the most beautiful of ancient sites : this by inscriptions
I found to be the city of Tlos : other piles of ruins I saw
and heard of in the mountains, but I was unprepared to
remain longer in the country.
On my return to England, the publication of my
Journal, and my numerous drawings and inscriptions,
b
XANTHIAN MARBLES.
During my travels in Asia Minor in the spring of
1838, I was so much struck by the beauty and pecu-
liarity of the architectural remains on the coast of the
province of Lycia, that I determined, if possible, to
penetrate into the interior of the country.
Observing from the works of Colonel Leake and
others that the valley of the Xanthus would probably
be found to contain ancient cities, and that it had never
yet been explored, 1 commenced my researches at Pa-
tara, and within a few miles up the valley discovered the
extensive and highly interesting ruins of Xanthus, the
former capital of Lycia. I afterwards found another
large city, whose situation alone would point it out as
the most beautiful of ancient sites : this by inscriptions
I found to be the city of Tlos : other piles of ruins I saw
and heard of in the mountains, but I was unprepared to
remain longer in the country.
On my return to England, the publication of my
Journal, and my numerous drawings and inscriptions,
b