Fellows, Charles: Travels and researches in Asia Minor, more particularly in the province of Lycia (London, 1852)

PREFACE.

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It will be gathered from my Journal, that at the time of
my arrival in the country I was strongly biassed in favour
of the Greeks, and equally prejudiced against the Turks;
and it will be seen in the course of the narrative how this
unfavourable idea of the Turkish character was gradually
removed by a personal intimacy with the people, generally
in situations where they were remote from every restraint
but those which their religion imposes.

Of the country which I was entering I knew as little as
of its inhabitants, and this want of information may be
manifest in parts of my Journal; but I have given my
observations made on the spot, that the fidelity of the
descriptions may not be impaired. The Drawings intro-
duced have been selected from my sketch-book > for the
purpose of illustration only. Those which represent the
sculptured remains found at Xanthus have been seen by
the Trustees of the British Museum, and I hear that on
their recommendation the Grovernment has given directions
for having these monuments of ancient art brought to this
country; we may hope therefore to see them among the
treasures of our National Institution. I have added Trans-
lations of the Inscriptions which I copied on my tour, for
the elucidation of which I must acknowledge my great obli-
gations to my friend Mr. James Yates.

Had I been aware when I travelled through this district
how little it was known, I should have made more careful
observations of position and distance, to assist in mapping
the country; and I should have devoted more time to the
examination of inscriptions. I hope however that the par-
tial information which I can furnish, mav induce other tra-