32 SITE OF ASPENDUS. 



perly my return home. Of course I descended 

 from Serhghe by the valley of the Eurymedon. 

 As soon as I had left the upper regions and the 

 conglomerates, and had crossed the Eurymedon 

 at a stupendous gorge through which the river 

 runs, I came to an entire change of geological 

 structure, and a succession of pine woods, grow- 

 ing, if I mistake not, on serpentine. It was only 

 when we emerged from the narrow part of the 

 valley, and came, after a day and a half's hard 

 travelling from Serhghe, within two hours and a 

 half or so from Bolcas, — the true position of 

 which is between six and eight miles of the 

 sea, — that we left this barren and uninteresting 

 region of pine forests, having the Eurymedon 

 always on our right. Fellows is mistaken about 

 Bolcas : first, as to its position, which is really on 

 the right bank of the Eurymedon ; then as to 

 its name, which is really, beyond all manner of 

 question, Aspendus ; then as to the lake Capria, 

 which is a great marsh several hours in circum- 

 ference, and which to the present day is called by 

 the same name as the river, — Xifivv by the Greeks, 

 and Capru by the Turks ; so that there in reality 

 is, virtually, no difference between the ancient 

 name and the modern ; for when I told my guides 



