THE BEACON. 



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ains which wall in the valley of the Xanthus. 

 Xanthus itself was at two easy days' journey 

 by the winter and more circuitous route. A 

 nearer port would have been preferable for the 

 objects which Captain Graves had in view; but 

 there was no alternative, the only safe harbour, 

 within reasonable distance of the mouth of the 

 river Xanthus, being that of Makri. When the 

 Beacon had reached the coast of Lycia in the 

 last week of December, she made that part of 

 it which formed the seaward border of the 

 Xanthian plain, and there landed Sir C. Fellows, 

 Lieutenant Freeland, and as many seamen as 

 could be spared, to pursue the antiquarian ob- 

 jects of the expedition. As soon as the ship 

 had been comfortably settled at Makri, Captain 

 Graves prepared to visit the party at the ruins, 

 in order to make observations as to the best 

 mode of effecting the objects in view. Accord- 

 ingly, on the 4th of January he started from 

 the scala, accompanied by a party of six gentle- 

 men, with guides and interpreter. The com- 

 mencement of our journey lay along the flat 

 plain of Makri, from whence we ascended hills 

 clothed with Vallonea (balanea) oak,* a valuable 



* Quercus segilops. 



