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LTCIA.
the colour is a rich yellow, and the leaf is like that of a small
American aloe*. I observed numerous varieties of the onion
tribe, and added greatly to my collection of plants, but tra-
velling is not favourable to their preservation.
On leaving the plains of Myra we had a fine view of the
lake, or rather inlet from the sea, from which it is separated
only by a low bank of sand ; at the eastern end it is connected
with the sea by a channel, and this, being a favourable posi-
tion for a fishery, is much valued by the Greeks, who have
here an establishment for salting the fish. The waters on
the coast of this country are generally so deep that fish is
by no means plentiful, and is sought to advantage only at the
the mouth, or in the shallows formed by the rivers.
In and upon the swampy sides of this lake is said to have
stood a city, and the little streams which occasionally run
from the mountains on the east have been supposed to be
the ancient Limyrus. Buildings are seen beneath the waters
by the fishermen ; but the insignificance of the stream, and
the low situation of the city, seem to me opposed to the idea
of its having been a Greek site. On the hill to the north,
about a mile from the lake, we passed a castle or building
consisting of two square towers walled round, all of ancient
Greek and good masonry ; but we observed no other indica-
tion of a former people.
From our road for the next six hours I warn other travel-
lers who attempt to transport their baggage. It is totally
unfit for horses, more from the extreme labour of the rapid
and unceasing ascent, than from the craggy or dangerous
road. For three hours we did not find a level large enough
for a horse to stand upon, and at the end of that time
we were among numerous sarcophagi upon the ridge of a
mountain about five thousand feet above the undisturbed
blue mirror of the sea at its base. Above these tombs was
* Aloe vulgaris.
*d cit;.
ye ftood.
tevehadl
iwgpoW ;
Hindi
■mil
ids the east,
\
the i
linfa' - •
' mi~\
iof- -■ .v. ]
>
Mains of t:
'
nroid the
fvariom
toing cattle:
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LTCIA.
the colour is a rich yellow, and the leaf is like that of a small
American aloe*. I observed numerous varieties of the onion
tribe, and added greatly to my collection of plants, but tra-
velling is not favourable to their preservation.
On leaving the plains of Myra we had a fine view of the
lake, or rather inlet from the sea, from which it is separated
only by a low bank of sand ; at the eastern end it is connected
with the sea by a channel, and this, being a favourable posi-
tion for a fishery, is much valued by the Greeks, who have
here an establishment for salting the fish. The waters on
the coast of this country are generally so deep that fish is
by no means plentiful, and is sought to advantage only at the
the mouth, or in the shallows formed by the rivers.
In and upon the swampy sides of this lake is said to have
stood a city, and the little streams which occasionally run
from the mountains on the east have been supposed to be
the ancient Limyrus. Buildings are seen beneath the waters
by the fishermen ; but the insignificance of the stream, and
the low situation of the city, seem to me opposed to the idea
of its having been a Greek site. On the hill to the north,
about a mile from the lake, we passed a castle or building
consisting of two square towers walled round, all of ancient
Greek and good masonry ; but we observed no other indica-
tion of a former people.
From our road for the next six hours I warn other travel-
lers who attempt to transport their baggage. It is totally
unfit for horses, more from the extreme labour of the rapid
and unceasing ascent, than from the craggy or dangerous
road. For three hours we did not find a level large enough
for a horse to stand upon, and at the end of that time
we were among numerous sarcophagi upon the ridge of a
mountain about five thousand feet above the undisturbed
blue mirror of the sea at its base. Above these tombs was
* Aloe vulgaris.
*d cit;.
ye ftood.
tevehadl
iwgpoW ;
Hindi
■mil
ids the east,
\
the i
linfa' - •
' mi~\
iof- -■ .v. ]
>
Mains of t:
'
nroid the
fvariom
toing cattle:
% Wv j
Sconsid
;i*form hex
°f the din
1
Svill;;_
snfficiei
monument 1