6 MINARA. 



tree in this country. From the summit of these 

 hills we had a most magnificent view of the 

 Massicytus mountains, forming a long range of 

 many summits, belted at mid-height by dark 

 forests of pine, and towards their bases by thick 

 green woods of oak. We descended into the 

 valley of the Xanthus, which in this part is broken 

 up by many flat-topped yellow hills, with here 

 and there a dark red cone of rock rising among 

 them. The former are the remains of a great 

 fresh-water tertiary formation, which once filled 

 the valley ; the latter are little hills of igneous 

 origin, and mostly serpentine. Towards sunset, 

 we approached the village of Minara, near the 

 site of the ancient Pinara, the grandest of all the 

 ruined cities of Lycia. 



On arriving at the village we were conducted 

 to the strangers' house, where, spreading out our 

 carpets on the clay floor, and lighting a good 

 fire, we soon made ourselves comfortable. One 

 of our party, Mr. Hoskyn, had been here the 

 preceding winter, and was met with many hearty 

 welcomes by the villagers, accompanied by 

 sundry inquiries from the younger and more 

 inquisitive among them, as to the quantity of 

 powder he might have with him this time, the 



