10 UPPER ACROPOLIS. 



On its level but sloping summit we found the 

 remains of many fortifications and cisterns, not 

 however of the most ancient architecture. Such 

 parts of the margin as were in any way acces- 

 sible, were strongly defended by walls. On the 

 highest part of the summit is an isolated for- 

 tification, or stronghold, furnished with tanks, 

 and surrounded by a ditch. The view from this 

 is very grand, whether upward among the 

 gloomy gorges of Anticragus, or forward over 

 the fertile plains of the Xanthus, and the snowy 

 ridges of Massicytus. The tombs which per- 

 forate the perpendicular face of this gigantic 

 rock, are oblong holes, occasionally with a semi- 

 circular top. They are mostly irregularly ar- 

 ranged, but occasionally form perpendicular rows. 

 There are no traces of panels or doors to their 

 entrances. They must have been excavated by 

 workmen suspended from the summit. They are 

 now inaccessible, and are the dwelling-places of 

 eagles. 



Descending from the rock, and passing the 

 quadrangle of tombs before mentioned, we came 

 to the remains of an early Christian church, 

 at the head of a deep, dark, and narrow ravine, 

 walled by the precipitous rocks of the lower 



