116 TOMBS. 



These line an ancient road, the principal one, 

 apparently, which approached the city from the 

 westward; and are of a late date, as is evident 

 from their over-wrought style and the bad exe- 

 cution of the ornaments, generally wreaths, and 

 sometimes shields. We next examined the cliff 

 under the city, in search of rock-tombs, for 

 the construction of which its surface was well 

 adapted, but found none of any interest, — 

 merely a few oblong niches, which appear to 

 have been closed up by a single slab placed 

 in front. Passing round to the eastern side of 

 the city, we arrived at another group of sar- 

 cophagi ; these lined an ancient approach to 

 the city, from the east, or road to the coast. 

 Many have inscribed tablets. In the wall of the 

 city opposite the theatre, is a low arched pas- 

 sage of Cyclopaean architecture, probably a public 

 sewer. Examining the inscriptions, we were 

 much surprised to find the name of Cyanese 

 again at these ruins, and were at first puzzled 

 as to which of the localities was the true site of 

 Cyanese, whether Toosa or this place, until we 

 found the name occurred so repeatedly here, — 

 leading to the conclusion that this was the prin- 

 cipal city of that name, and that Toosa was 



