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CHAPTER XV.

AEAB HISSA, ANCIENT ALABANDA.—EUINS.—DEMMEEEOE-DEKASY, AN-
CIENT ALINDA.— TOMBS.—EUINS.—PASSAGE OE THE MOUNTAINS.—
UNKNOWN EUINS.—MYLASA.—TEMPLE OE LABEANDA [?].—ANCIENT
EEMAINS.—MAUSOLEUM.

If arch 16th, Cwpeedas.—Arab Hiss« had not a shelter for us,
consisting of but a few huts amidst the ruins of the ancient
city, whose temple walls now serve as folds for calves, which
are bred abundantly in this neighbourhood. This village,
which is of the lowest grade to deserve the title, is a mile to
the south of Arab Hiss<l Depositing our baggage, we lost
no time in returning to examine the ruins of the ancient
city, whose name has not yet been satisfactorily fixed: it is
supposed by many to be the ruins of Alabanda. Climbing
up the back of a steep hill which overlooked the city, and
whose top was covered with old walls, we had a com-
manding view of the whole country, the position of which,
differs much from that laid down in the maps. The large
river, which, escorted by guides, we had with great difficulty
crossed four miles to the south of Zhumarleecooe, soon after-
wards divided into two branches ; one coming from Cheena
on the south, which gives its name to the river, the other
from the west-south-west. Crossing the latter, we arrived
at the ruins before us, which are at the fork or angle of

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