ALEXANDER'S PASSAGE THROUGH THE SEA. 11 



where Mount Climax terminates ; as, indeed, 

 Captain Beaufort had previously observed. " The 

 route by Climax was extremely interesting and 

 beautiful ; and, with the exception of a few 

 hours' ride over an excessively rocky and craggy 

 road, to avoid wading through the sea like 

 the son of Philip, the whole route from Adalia 

 to Avova passes over plain. The site of Alex- 

 ander's passage through the sea — i.e. the true 

 Climax — is within a few hours' ride of Adalia; 

 for, almost immediately after reaching the 

 mountains, you come to it. This indeed, I fancy, 

 appears from a careful examination of Captain 

 Beaufort's expressions and map." Not finding 

 Olbia by the sea, he sought for it in the 

 mountains, and revisited Sorahajik and the 

 Tchandeer valley, examining the ruins which 

 had been reported to us as existing on the 

 opposite side to Tchandeer Hissar. We have 

 already given the reasons which induce us to 

 adhere to the conjecture that the ruins at 

 Sorahajik were those of Apollonia, and those at 

 Tchandeer the site of Marmora. Mr. DanielPs 

 second visit did not bring to light any inscrip- 

 tions including the ancient names of either 

 place ; and in his letter he inclines to Pro- 



