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SCULPTURED SARCOPHAGUS. 



columns, pedestals and the dentils of some Doric 

 edifices, which were everywhere mingled with 

 the middle-age restorations. A very interesting- 

 monument lies near the western gate of the city, 

 a sarcophagus, closely resembling the Chimscra 

 tomb at Xanthus, and possibly a Roman imi- 

 tation of an older monument, for here were no 

 Lycian remains, nor indeed any ruins older than 

 the period of the Roman empire. 



On the west side of the city is a small ravine 

 or hollow, separating it from a hill, which is 

 lower than that on which the ruins are situ- 

 ated. On the south face of the former stands 

 a small theatre, perfect in almost all its seats, 



