496 ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS AT MYLAS.SA. 



sisted of round pebble, which from the regularity of their figure, 

 seem to have been wrought. The foundation was of rock stones, 

 which were also squared. In the middle of the top stood an image 

 of a bird carved in wood, and near it lay the broken one of a fish 

 carved in stone. The whole of this pyramid made part of one side 

 of a spacious area or square three hundred and sixty feet by three 

 hundred and fifty-four, which was walled in with stone, and paved 

 with flat stones in its whole extent. About one hundred yards to 

 the west of this building was another paved area or court, in which 

 were several small stages raised on wooden pillars about seven l< 1 1 

 high, which are called by the Indians eicattas, and seem to be a 

 kind of altars, as upon these are placed provisions of all kinds, as 

 offerings to their gods. On some of them were seen whole hogs, 

 and on others the skulls of above fifty, besides the skulls of many 

 dogs. The principal object of ambition among the natives is to 

 have a magnificent moral. The male deities (for they have them of 

 both sexes) are worshipped by the men, and the female by the wo- 

 men ; and each have morals, to which the other sex is not admitted, 

 though they have also morais common to both. 



[Cook's Voyages. Haiakesworth, 



SECTION VIII. 



Architectural Remains, at Mylasa. 



MYLASA, or Mylassa, was the capital of Hecatomnus, king of 

 Caria, and father of Mausolus. It has been described as situated 

 by a very fertile plain, with a mountain rising above it, in which 

 was a quarry of very fine white marble. This being near, was ex- 

 ceedingly convenient in building, and had contributed greatly to 

 the beauty of the city, which, it is said, if any, was handsomely 

 adorned with public edifices, porticoes, and temples. The latter 

 was so numerous, that a certain musician entering the market, 

 place, as if to make proclamation, began, instead of ( Axae7e Aao;) 

 Hear ye People, with (\Kttsle Naoi) Hear ye Temples. The 

 founders of the city were censured as inconsiderate in placing it 

 beneath a steep precipice, by which it was commanded. Under 

 the Romans it was a free city. Its distance from the sea, where 

 nearest, or from Physcus opposite the island of Rhodes, was eighty 

 stadia, or ten miles. It is still a large place, commonly called 

 Melasso. The houses are numerous, but chiefly of plaster, and 



