SOURCE OF THE XANTHUS. 39 



its source. On arriving there, we found that 

 there was, indeed, a great source of water, 

 which, strange to say, seemed to gush out of 

 the earth at the foot of an old tree. All around 

 us, the water bubbled out of the ground, spring- 

 ing up in jets amidst flowers and herbage. The 

 Xanthus is born a full-grown river ; for, at a 

 few feet from its birth-place, it is a deep, boiling, 

 and almost impassable torrent. After running 

 for a short distance, it is joined by a stream 

 which comes through a most picturesque gorge 

 in the mountain, and is the great sweller of 

 it in the rainy season, though the permanent 

 supply of water is derived from the fount we 

 have just described. At its source the Xan- 

 thus is clear and pure : it is not until it becomes 

 charged with the mud from the tertiary banks 

 through which it cuts a little lower down, that 

 it assumes a dirty yellow hue. 



Near Orahn are several rock-tombs, and, in 

 the village, traces of a site. During this visit 

 we found no inscriptions which afford its name ; 

 but, some time afterwards, determined to settle 

 the site if possible, Mr. Daniell and Mr. Hoskyn, 

 revisited the place, and were so fortunate as to 

 find an inscription which puts its name beyond 



