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CHAPTER III. 



Country between Antiphellus and Phineka. — Sites of Candyba, 

 Trabala ? Cyanae, Myra, Sura, Isiura, and Limyra. 



March 14th. — We prepared to leave Antiphel- 

 lus for Kassabar at an early hour. The people 

 of the house in which we had staid, and another 

 Turk, whose wife had kindly supplied us daily 

 with ekmek (bread), yaoot and cow's-milk, assisted 

 in arranging our baggage and gave us their warm 

 good wishes for our journey. We travelled 

 nearly due east, ascending the hills behind Anti- 

 phellus, by a much less precipitous road than 

 that of Tchookoorbye, bad enough, however, and 

 none the better for being a well travelled route. 

 The view behind us overlooking the Bay of 

 Antiphellus, and its fencing islands, was very beau- 

 tiful. The weather had cleared up, and the air 

 was fresh and balmy after the late rains. In two 

 hours we reached the small elevated plain of 



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