188 THE TRAVERTINE DISTRICTS. 



the sea-side, the travertine forms steep cliffs, 

 from twenty to eighty feet high. At various 

 distances inland, there is a repetition of heights, 

 resembling the line of these cliffs. We found 

 the base of one of these cliffs near Adalia to 

 consist of a marly sandstone, apparently of a 

 different origin from the super-imposed traver- 

 tine. Eight feet of it was exposed. It had 

 much the aspect of a tertiary deposit, and may 

 be an undisturbed marine tertiary, on which this 

 great tract of travertine rests. 



b, the travertine resting on (a) beds of marly sandstone, near Adalia. 



What are called petrified beaches form a 

 remarkable feature of many parts of the coast of 

 Lycia. The waters, charged with carbonate of 

 lime, draining through the accumulation of peb- 

 bles on the shores, cement them together into 

 a hard rock or conglomerate. The aspect of the 



