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used in opposition to one another ; and in one 

 passage a distinction is drawn between the wor- 

 shippers and the opponents of Ormuzd ; but I 

 have not made out whether they are enjoined 

 to live peaceably together, or whether the worship 

 of Ormuzd is to be enforced upon the conquered 

 Lycians." 



The above extracts, containing the best infor- 

 mation yet attained of the language, seem 

 throughout to furnish very strong and indis- 

 putable arguments in favour of the language in 

 question being that of the Persian settlers, rather 

 than of the Lycians, whom the conquerors found 

 in prior possession of the soil. 



There are yet other arguments resulting from 

 another source of investigation connected with 

 the Lycian monuments and inscriptions, viz., 

 the Lycian coins. These are contained in the 

 following remarks of Mr. Daniell, unfortunately 

 the only observations on the subject which he 

 had put to paper before his death. They were 

 sent to us by Mr. Purdie, with the inscription- 

 books, according to one of the last requests of 

 our lamented friend. The original sheet bears 

 the following date : " Adalia, June 24, 1842." 



" Having ventured to state an opinion which 



