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ENVIRONS OF CNIDUS. 521
Budrum is Barkas, the road to which was due east
through the valley at the back of the Acropolis.
Here are Byzantine ruins and the outline of an
ancient harbour and sea-wall now filled up. This
harbour lies along the shore, and is about 150
yards long. The sea-wall crops up above the
shingle. In the Byzantine ruins are squared
blocks of marble and limestone, and west of these re-
mains is a square Greek tomb of isodomous masonry
about 16' each way. About one hour and a half
beyond Barkas is Killik. Here are also Byzan-
tine ruins inhabited at present by Greek shepherds.
On the left of the road I observed on an eminence
a wall of squared stones, apparently a tomb. From
Killik to Yasikoi the road turns from north to
south. The country from Cnidus to Killik is sin-
gularly barren, surrounded by high mountains
and full of ravines, with much brushwood and but
little cultivation. From Killik to Yasikoi the
country opens out into a rich valley planted with
the vallonea and almond-tree.
From Cnidus to Yasikoi, distant about two hours,
the direct road follows very closely the line
of the ancient Way which passes through the
Eastern Cemetery. (See Plate XLIX.) From the
point Avhcre this "Way ceases to be visible on
the surface of the ground, it may be traced by
the remains of tombs on each side of the modern
road, of Avhich there is a succession till within half
an hour of Yasikoi. These ruins all consist of
square or circular basements, which have probably
been surmounted by pyramidal or conical struc-
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Budrum is Barkas, the road to which was due east
through the valley at the back of the Acropolis.
Here are Byzantine ruins and the outline of an
ancient harbour and sea-wall now filled up. This
harbour lies along the shore, and is about 150
yards long. The sea-wall crops up above the
shingle. In the Byzantine ruins are squared
blocks of marble and limestone, and west of these re-
mains is a square Greek tomb of isodomous masonry
about 16' each way. About one hour and a half
beyond Barkas is Killik. Here are also Byzan-
tine ruins inhabited at present by Greek shepherds.
On the left of the road I observed on an eminence
a wall of squared stones, apparently a tomb. From
Killik to Yasikoi the road turns from north to
south. The country from Cnidus to Killik is sin-
gularly barren, surrounded by high mountains
and full of ravines, with much brushwood and but
little cultivation. From Killik to Yasikoi the
country opens out into a rich valley planted with
the vallonea and almond-tree.
From Cnidus to Yasikoi, distant about two hours,
the direct road follows very closely the line
of the ancient Way which passes through the
Eastern Cemetery. (See Plate XLIX.) From the
point Avhcre this "Way ceases to be visible on
the surface of the ground, it may be traced by
the remains of tombs on each side of the modern
road, of Avhich there is a succession till within half
an hour of Yasikoi. These ruins all consist of
square or circular basements, which have probably
been surmounted by pyramidal or conical struc-
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