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LYCIA.
by the circumstance that this is a navigable river, the only
one I have yet seen on the coast of Lycia. Here for the
first time I saw symptoms of trade; a few stacks of fire-
wood being prepared to be put into two rowing boats, the
whole craft of the place. All this coast is now, as of old,
famed for its unctuous woods, and the Turkish name of the
district expresses this quality.
Two miles across the little valley, at the foot of the moun-
tains and up their sides, lay the ruins of the ancient Limyra,
its theatre, temples, and walls. As the evening drew on I was
again in my boat; but the timid sailors were afraid to ven-
ture to sea until past midnight, and after sailing for an hour
the anchor was again cast in a perfectly land-locked harbour
round the headland to the west; and to my surprise and
annoyance I was told that, although it was but five o'clock
in the morning, we must lie at anchor and wait for the next
night's breeze, as there was rain in the clouds, and there
might be a change of wind; these expectations were in part
realized, and for twelve hours we lay exposed to beating
rain and a cold easterly wind.
At the end of a long rainy day, we went on shore in the
evening in search of inhabitants, and to endeavour to obtain
provisions, for no birds came within our reach from the boat.
After following the sound of a flock of goats for two miles
through the woods, and in vain seeking the goatherds, who
had hidden themselves among the rocks through fear, we at
last found some tents ; and after much peace-offering, and
hanging the gun on a tree at a distance and sitting down
to smoke, some boys appeared, and through them we com-
municated to the women who were in the tents our wish
to buy a kid. It required some management to satisfy
them that I was not come to carry away the boys for
soldiers, or to seize upon the flocks, which until lately
the pirates had been accustomed to do without tendering
any recompense ; at last I threwr down some money, to them
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LYCIA.
by the circumstance that this is a navigable river, the only
one I have yet seen on the coast of Lycia. Here for the
first time I saw symptoms of trade; a few stacks of fire-
wood being prepared to be put into two rowing boats, the
whole craft of the place. All this coast is now, as of old,
famed for its unctuous woods, and the Turkish name of the
district expresses this quality.
Two miles across the little valley, at the foot of the moun-
tains and up their sides, lay the ruins of the ancient Limyra,
its theatre, temples, and walls. As the evening drew on I was
again in my boat; but the timid sailors were afraid to ven-
ture to sea until past midnight, and after sailing for an hour
the anchor was again cast in a perfectly land-locked harbour
round the headland to the west; and to my surprise and
annoyance I was told that, although it was but five o'clock
in the morning, we must lie at anchor and wait for the next
night's breeze, as there was rain in the clouds, and there
might be a change of wind; these expectations were in part
realized, and for twelve hours we lay exposed to beating
rain and a cold easterly wind.
At the end of a long rainy day, we went on shore in the
evening in search of inhabitants, and to endeavour to obtain
provisions, for no birds came within our reach from the boat.
After following the sound of a flock of goats for two miles
through the woods, and in vain seeking the goatherds, who
had hidden themselves among the rocks through fear, we at
last found some tents ; and after much peace-offering, and
hanging the gun on a tree at a distance and sitting down
to smoke, some boys appeared, and through them we com-
municated to the women who were in the tents our wish
to buy a kid. It required some management to satisfy
them that I was not come to carry away the boys for
soldiers, or to seize upon the flocks, which until lately
the pirates had been accustomed to do without tendering
any recompense ; at last I threwr down some money, to them
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