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try and valleys which border the coast, until 

 the advanced state of the season renders them 

 unhealthy, and the heat becomes too oppressive 

 for travelling. The low country is generally 

 deserted by the end of May. We may then, 

 by following the inhabitants into their summer 

 retreats, ensure comfortable accommodation as 

 we proceed, and find the roads practicable and 

 travelling agreeable. 



Our cavalcade consisted of ten horses, which 

 we had hired of two Greeks of Leveesy, at the 

 rate of two hundred and fifty piastres each per 

 month, including all expenses for the feeding 

 of the horses and their attendants. Four of 

 the horses carried our baggage, with the ex- 

 ception of a pair of saddle-bags carried by each 

 saddle-horse. Those of our servant Pagniotti 

 and the two Greeks served as occasional re- 

 lays to the baggage train, a very necessary 

 provision in travelling through such a moun- 

 tainous country as Lycia, the roads of which 

 are frequently almost impracticable during the 

 breaking up of the season. During the lading 

 of our horses we took a farewell ramble 

 through the ruins. Mr. Daniell made another 

 examination of the Greek inscription on the 



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