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a doubt. Sir C. Fellows had supposed it to be 

 Massicytus, to which, however, its position on 

 the right bank of the Xanthus, and in the 

 valley, was a sufficient objection. The inscrip- 

 tion shewed it to be Araxa, a town of Lycia, 

 the coins of which are extant, and its site 

 placed by Ptolemy on the borders of Caria, 

 agreeing well with the position of Orahn. 



From Orahn we proceeded to Hoozoomlee, in 

 order to visit the ruins of Cadvanda, one of 

 the cities discovered by Sir C. Fellows. Our 

 route for the most part lay over hills of serpen- 

 tine. In one place, where there was limestone, 

 we found an isolated rock-tomb with a defaced 

 Lycian inscription. We arrived at the village 

 of Hoozoomlee at night. It is situated on an 

 elevated plain, surrounded by peaks of splintery 

 white scaglia, and immediately above it are 

 the ruins of Cadyanda. In the village itself 

 we found a curious pedestal or altar, on which 

 were carved instruments or vessels, remind- 

 ing us of some of the forms of the so- 

 called " triqueter " represented on Lycian coins. 

 In the morning we ascended to the ancient city. 

 On our way we first visited the tomb, one of 

 the sculptures on which is represented in the 



