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GOO EXCURSIONS IN THE
indicating the site of an ancient city and a marsh,
which may very well he the x/javvj of Straho and
Stephanus.
In support of this attribution it may be observed,
not only that Girl corresponds with the description
of Caryanda, but that no other site lying between
Myndus and Bargylia does so equally well.
It has been already stated that at Pasha Liman
are no remains to show that an ancient city ever
stood there, nor is there any marsh or lake.
In the Admiralty Chart, and also in the Map of
Caria in the work of Lebas, Caryanda is placed at
Guverjilik, at the head of the gulf, Tarandos being
thus identified with the island mentioned by Scylax.
But at Guverjilik there is neither lake nor ancient
remains, and the situation is further from Myndus
than the passage of Stephanus would imply."
We left Giil at 12-15, ascending from the shore
of the lake by a road nearly south, which leads
through a pine-forest, up to the range of moun-
tains running east and west through the peninsula.
At 1-20 wre arrived at a tank on the summit of a
ridge.
The road here passes between two high peaks.
The view from this point shows the head of the
11 In the Admiralty Chart, ancient remains are marked on a
site at the northern extremity of Tarandos, and Lebas publishes
an inscription, No. 499, as coining from Caryanda. These indica-
tions induced me to follow the Hydrographers in placing Caryanda
at Guverjilik in the Map prefixed to this volume. I regret that
I was prevented from exploring the island of Tarandos, which
I recommend to the notice of future travellers.
indicating the site of an ancient city and a marsh,
which may very well he the x/javvj of Straho and
Stephanus.
In support of this attribution it may be observed,
not only that Girl corresponds with the description
of Caryanda, but that no other site lying between
Myndus and Bargylia does so equally well.
It has been already stated that at Pasha Liman
are no remains to show that an ancient city ever
stood there, nor is there any marsh or lake.
In the Admiralty Chart, and also in the Map of
Caria in the work of Lebas, Caryanda is placed at
Guverjilik, at the head of the gulf, Tarandos being
thus identified with the island mentioned by Scylax.
But at Guverjilik there is neither lake nor ancient
remains, and the situation is further from Myndus
than the passage of Stephanus would imply."
We left Giil at 12-15, ascending from the shore
of the lake by a road nearly south, which leads
through a pine-forest, up to the range of moun-
tains running east and west through the peninsula.
At 1-20 wre arrived at a tank on the summit of a
ridge.
The road here passes between two high peaks.
The view from this point shows the head of the
11 In the Admiralty Chart, ancient remains are marked on a
site at the northern extremity of Tarandos, and Lebas publishes
an inscription, No. 499, as coining from Caryanda. These indica-
tions induced me to follow the Hydrographers in placing Caryanda
at Guverjilik in the Map prefixed to this volume. I regret that
I was prevented from exploring the island of Tarandos, which
I recommend to the notice of future travellers.