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the city, where one of the members of it, a 

 thick stratified conglomerate, rests unconform- 

 ably and nearly horizontally on the edges of 

 strata of the scaglia, inclined at a high angle. 

 The plain below the city as far as the scaglia- 

 hills which hide Patara, is alluvial, and appears 

 to have increased considerably since the time 

 when Xanthus was inhabited and prosperous, 

 as there are rock-tombs, the upper portions of 

 which only are now visible above the stream, 



During this visit Mr. Daniell and Mr. Hoskyn 

 made an excursion to the junction of the Manger 

 Tchy, a torrent which flows from the Massi- 

 cytus Mountains, with the Xanthus; and disco- 

 vered on the left bank of the river a fortified 

 wall, extending from the water-side across the 

 country to the flank of the mountain, doubtless a 

 boundary wall of the territory of the Xanthians. 

 An aqueduct was also traced running from the 

 city to the neighbouring hills, and remains of a 

 tertiary formation were found on the boundaries 

 of the lower plain. The weather becoming fine, 

 a great change commenced in the vegetation. 

 Flowers sprung up in every direction ; the ground 

 became variegated with daisies, veronica, draba, 

 and innumerable blossoms of a little yellow Star 



