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pointed them out to be the site of the Latoum, 

 the temple of Latona mentioned by Strabo. 



From the theatre we rode across a very flat 

 marshy plain, to a short but deep and sluggish 

 stream, called the Uzlan river, which, like many 

 of the streams of the lower part of Lycia, springs 

 full grown out of the base of the mountains. 

 It runs a course of about three miles, and there 

 is a bridge built over it. Uzlan is a small 

 scala of two or three houses, and a rendezvous 

 for Greek sailors. Near it are some massive 

 hellenic walls, as if fortifying a point of rock. 

 Beyond it is the fortress described and well 

 figured by Fellows as Cydna. It is beautifully 

 built, and in fine preservation. The walls are 

 crowned with battlements, which, however, are 

 not part of the original architecture, but sub- 

 sequent additions, constructed apparently during 

 the middle ages. In the original wall the Cyclo- 

 psean and regular styles are mingled. Loop-holes 

 are placed at intervals. Within this fine fortress 

 are the remains of a Christian church. 



On the 11th of January, Captain Graves and 

 his party left Xanthus, and retraced part of the 

 route to Minara, with a view of going to Tor- 

 tucar, and visiting the ruins of Sidyma in 



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