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

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being on the rising ground to the north, we found the exca-
vation of a theatre, with many of its seats remaining: its
aspect is toward the south-west. The weather was too un-
favourable for botanical or geological researches, for the thick
branches of a group of evergreen oaks did not even afford
shelter from the deluging rain. These oaks have the small
holly-like leaf of the dwarf shrub universal in this country;
but the size of the trees was immense, their stems being
above twenty feet in girth, and the branches must have
shaded a circle of seventy feet from the midday sun.

The site of Mylasa has been covered with public buildings,
and many of the stones remaining show them to have been
highly ornamented. The Corinthian order seems to have pre-
vailed ; but Ionic capitals are also seen built into the walls.

I mentioned in my former Journal a fine arched gateway,
which was still remaining; an aqueduct has passed over it.
I have sketched the outer side, showing on the keystone the
sacrificial axe of Jupiter, which has been deemed an argu-
ment favouring the idea that this gateway led to the temple

of Jupiter Labrandenus. This emblem I have seen on four
different keystones, built into various walls in the town,
showing that it must have been very commonly used in the
architecture of the city, and not improbably placed over each
of its gates. I have obtained coins of the ancient city, with
the same emblem upon them, and also one representing
Jupiter, with a similar axe in his hand.