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he maintained were ever present in the works 

 of the great living master, whose merits he tho- 

 roughly understood. 



We left Tlos with reluctance. Descending 

 into the valley, we rode up the river side to the 

 bridge, the only one which crosses the Xanthus. 

 On our way we passed hot sulphureous springs. 

 The water was warm but not boiling, and seemed 

 much charged with sulphur. The ground was 

 covered with sulphureous deposit, and the 

 stream was full of Conferva nivea, which, how- 

 ever, close to the spring itself, was of a bright 

 green colour. Crossing the bridge, we skirted 

 hills of greenish sandstone to the village of 

 Sehdeleer, and thence to Orahn, a large village 

 near the foot of the Taurus. On our way we 

 crossed a torrent, which has its source near 

 Pernaz Dagh, and has been confounded by 

 Fellows with the Xanthus. We were comfort- 

 ably lodged at Orahn. The next day we 

 walked to the foot of the mountains, which 

 here rise immediately from the plain to a 

 height of eight thousand feet. Our object 

 was to visit an enormous perpendicular preci- 

 pice, at the foot of which the people through- 

 out the valley assured us the Xanthus had 



