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the offsets of Massacytus. The mountain in this 

 direction is cleft by a deep gorge, through which 

 the torrent of Kassabar issues. Kassabar is 

 the capital of a district of Lycia, next in im- 

 portance and extent to Almalee, and is known 

 under the general name ftf Kaash ; the governor 

 of which holds the rank of an Agha, and re- 

 sides generally here. It is also the residence 

 of a kadi and kavass, and contains about one 

 hundred inhabited houses. Our inquiries for 

 ruins in the neighbourhood have already been 

 successful ; several are named to us, as Gendevar, 

 Ernass, Toosa, and Dembra, the last the Trabala 

 of Fellows ; at all of which we are assured 

 ruined buildings and rock-tombs exist. The 

 latter we always inquired for first, as they are 

 objects likely to have attracted the attention 

 of the inhabitants. They are also of greater 

 interest, from often presenting inscriptions in 

 the Lycian language, every one of which that was 

 an addition, or differed from those already known, 

 we were most anxious and diligent in obtaining. 

 Gendevar is pointed out to us from our house 

 high up on the side of the mountain to the south- 

 west, where a little rocky eminence above the 

 village seems, through our glasses, to be a for- 



