106 CATHEDRAL. 



chat of a disturbed jackdaw, as it took wing 

 through a large aperture in the vaulted roof, was 

 the only sound to break the solemn stillness then 

 reigning within this impressive ruin. Its east- 

 ern end is terminated by a semicircle inter- 

 rupted by long windows, the tall stone and 

 brick pillars between them standing disconnected, 

 their arches above having broken down. The 

 greater part of this cathedral, however, still re- 

 mains perfect ; and it was pleasing to see the 

 tenacity with which stone, brick, and mortar, 

 had so long held together against the ravages of 

 time, and through which, in all probability, will 

 be preserved yet many ages this venerable relic 

 of early days, when Christianity flourished in the 

 country. For an idea of the building the reader 

 is referred to the view and hasty sketch of its 

 ground-plan. We had entered Lycia with a 

 thirst for relics of the earlier days of its history. 

 Lycian tombs, Lycian monuments, and Lycian 

 cities, were the principal objects of our search ; 

 but here that interest was unexpectedly arrested, 

 and the solemn grandeur of the old and solitary 

 Christian church, towering above Pagan temple 

 and Moslem mosque, excited a warmer and 

 healthier admiration, though its age were com- 



