166 THE LIMESTONE OF LYCIA. 



Solyma, and is continuous with the chain of 

 Mount Climax, which terminates Lycia on the 

 side of Pamphylia. 



The great valleys enumerated constitute Lycia 

 Proper, or Maritime Lycia. The yailahs between 

 the Lycian Taurus and Bay dagh, bounded on 

 the north by the highlands of Pisidia, formed the 

 ancient Milyas : the country beyond, and sepa- 

 rated from Milyas by the Lycian Taurus, con- 

 stituted the ancient Cabalia. 



The rock which forms the greater part of 

 these tracts of country is the scaglia, or Apen- 

 nine limestone of southern geologists, the great 

 bounding rock of the Mediterranean basin. In 

 Lycia no older sedimentary formation is visible ; 

 and the peaks of the highest mountains, ten 

 thousand feet high, as well as the outlines of the 

 sea-shore, are formed of this limestone, which it 

 is customary among geologists to refer to the 

 cretaceous sera. Its usual aspect is that of a 

 cream-coloured compact limestone, often well 

 adapted for purposes of sculpture, as may be seen 

 by referring to the Lycian marbles in the British 

 Museum. In many places it presents a brecci- 

 ated structure, and, towards Caria, often appears 

 as a grey gritty stone, the weathered surfaces of 



