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

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oortcooe, and on the right Tostootsh. We here turned to the
south through the mountains by an ascending valley, with its
little rill called Hass<i-bohas. The scenery was beautiful;
winding up rocks well clothed with underwood, while beneath
the branches the spring flowers were bursting into bloom.
The soil was of sand, and its red and yellow hues added to
the rich effect of the vegetation. In an hour and a half we
reached the summit of this range of hills, and looked down
upon a valley, with a large river running from the north-east
through a fine rich-looking mountain country. Descending
to its banks we had to cross and recross its broad but shallow
bed a dozen times. I never saw a better-looking stream for
fish, and in its crystal waters I saw shoals of the finny tribe
enjoying life. They appeared like our trout of about three-
quarters of a pound weight. The river took a westward
course, and through a narrow ravine led us to this large
valley, watered by the river Cheena, the ancient Marsyas, to
which, still further to the west, it became a tributary.







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