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quantity of the remains of this extensive moun- 

 tain fortress, scattered over the almost per- 

 pendicular side of the hill, made up my mind 

 at once that it must be Olbia. I passed the 

 entire of next day among the ruins, and in 

 making an upright sketch, in which I get the 

 plain of Adalia, the opening of the valley, 

 the sea and line of coast, to an immense ex- 

 tent, and the mountains beyond : in short, my 

 object was, if I could, to show the vicinity 

 of the sea below, (which answers one part of 

 the description of Olbia,) with the great strength 

 which the fortress derived from its mountain 

 position, as well as the structure of its edifices, 

 &c, nature herself having furnished an ex- 

 ternal wall of defence; for I could find none 

 except at the very summit of the hill, where 

 there are traces of its having been cut away 

 to form defences, and in one place two sides 

 of a door- way, with holes for bolts, bars, &c, 

 cut out of the solid rock. And so enough 

 of Olbia. I descended the valley with the 

 torrent ; that is to say, I did not enter the 

 plain of Adalia over the pass by which we 

 went, but by a road, and a much better one: 

 sometimes crossing the main stream, and fol- 



