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river. Like the Dembra Tchy, it is here re- 

 duced to a small stream, and flowing over a 

 broad bed of shingle, is called the Ortah Tchy ; 

 during rains, however, it is sometimes swollen 

 to a considerable torrent. In half an hour more 

 we reached the ruins of Limyra, situated at the 

 termination of a chain of mountains bounding 

 the Arycanda valley on the east, and separating 

 it from another broad and wide valley, of much 

 greater extent and importance. We came first 

 to a water-mill belonging to our Greek guide ; 

 a short distance beyond it, at the foot of the 

 mountain, stands the celebrated sarcophagus, with 

 the bilingual inscription, Greek and Lycian, first 

 copied and brought to England by Mr. Cockerell, 

 in 1814. Much interest attaches to this in- 

 scription, as it was the first to attract the at- 

 tention of scholars to the peculiar character 

 and language of Lycia, and furnished the chief 

 key to our knowledge of them. 



At this spot the principal ruins of the city are 

 concealed by a piece of swelling ground, near 

 the end of which were the thatched huts of three 

 or four Chingunee families. On crossing it 

 we found ourselves close to a large fortress, a 

 well preserved theatre, and other ruins, scattered 



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