328
g^ed the pome
CHAPTER XIX.
DISCOVERY OF SIDYMA.—ITS TOMBS.—TEMPLES.—NATURAL HISTORY.—
LIONS.—ANCIENT PORT. —XANTHUS.—SARCOPHAGUS-TOMB.—LYCIAN
INSCRIPTION UPON OBELISK.----ANCIENT SCULPTURES.—HARPIES.—
CHARIOTS.—ANIMALS. — PROCESSIONS. — TOMB.—CUSTOMS OE THE
PEASANTS.
April 15th.—Leaving Minara, we travelled towards the
south-west, over a range of wooded hills separating our little
valley from another as beautiful. These recesses or bays from
the valley of the Xanthus are particularly rich, and might
be productive; they are in a better state of cultivation than
most parts of this country. The lands have a gradual incli-
nation down to the valley, and are screened on either side
by the wooded hills protruding from the range of the Cra-
gus. As a type of the general character of the vegetation
we passed, I will describe the first of these bays after our
leaving Minara. The whole valley has probably been, like
the hills above, covered with underwood, and a track through
them has been the road we have followed. In order to culti-
vate the land, the underwood has all been burnt or grubbed
up, leaving on either side of the way a belt of vegetation,
to form fences to the fields. These hedges are therefore not
of one description, but vary at every bush, and mingle wildly
together, producing at this season a beauty and luxuriance
which regales all the senses. The predominant shrub is
the myrtle, and the next the small prickly oak; with these
|f by the ro
.:or their sha
■ if
■ ***
^econd a
initio.
liter vaD<
ded appear
• on the hill (
loab; t:.'
-
merch:
1 we tun.-
the miii-
from Minara
•dat
eremi
emo,
nlk<v
an hour
■'• It
pur.
or a:
ft*
'l' [ ^ only (
g^ed the pome
CHAPTER XIX.
DISCOVERY OF SIDYMA.—ITS TOMBS.—TEMPLES.—NATURAL HISTORY.—
LIONS.—ANCIENT PORT. —XANTHUS.—SARCOPHAGUS-TOMB.—LYCIAN
INSCRIPTION UPON OBELISK.----ANCIENT SCULPTURES.—HARPIES.—
CHARIOTS.—ANIMALS. — PROCESSIONS. — TOMB.—CUSTOMS OE THE
PEASANTS.
April 15th.—Leaving Minara, we travelled towards the
south-west, over a range of wooded hills separating our little
valley from another as beautiful. These recesses or bays from
the valley of the Xanthus are particularly rich, and might
be productive; they are in a better state of cultivation than
most parts of this country. The lands have a gradual incli-
nation down to the valley, and are screened on either side
by the wooded hills protruding from the range of the Cra-
gus. As a type of the general character of the vegetation
we passed, I will describe the first of these bays after our
leaving Minara. The whole valley has probably been, like
the hills above, covered with underwood, and a track through
them has been the road we have followed. In order to culti-
vate the land, the underwood has all been burnt or grubbed
up, leaving on either side of the way a belt of vegetation,
to form fences to the fields. These hedges are therefore not
of one description, but vary at every bush, and mingle wildly
together, producing at this season a beauty and luxuriance
which regales all the senses. The predominant shrub is
the myrtle, and the next the small prickly oak; with these
|f by the ro
.:or their sha
■ if
■ ***
^econd a
initio.
liter vaD<
ded appear
• on the hill (
loab; t:.'
-
merch:
1 we tun.-
the miii-
from Minara
•dat
eremi
emo,
nlk<v
an hour
■'• It
pur.
or a:
ft*
'l' [ ^ only (