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perhaps dependent on it. As to the name of 

 Cyaneae, Mr. Daniell thought it might have 

 applied to the whole district of small plains 

 situated on the top of this mountain chain. But 

 there is a very evident distance of time in the 

 date of the two cities. At Yarvoo there was 

 none of the earlier Lycian tombs and inscrip- 

 tions, and Pliny, we believe, is the first author 

 who names Cyanese among the cities of Lycia. 

 Whether the ruins of Yarvoo are the same 

 seen and visited by Mr. Cockerell, we have not 

 had an opportunity of ascertaining, but it is 

 most probable that they are, as we can hear 

 of no other in the neighbourhood nearer the 

 sea. A Turk whom we met here, informed us, 

 however, of another site more to the north- 

 east, which he called Ghiouristanlik. These 

 we contemplate visiting to-morrow : so, finish- 

 ing our examination of Yarvoo, with this addi- 

 tional agreeable information, and with much 

 gratification and pleasure in the contemplation 

 of our day's labour, although a very fatiguing one, 

 we put our nags in motion towards Kassabar, 

 which we did not reach until two hours after 

 sunset, and after a long fast since seven in the 

 morning. Pagniotti's difficulties we were glad 



