148 THE RIVER LIMYRUS. 



at the foot of a hill, the face of which is honey- 

 combed with rock-tombs. The theatre we found 

 so overgrown with bushes that it was impossible 

 to penetrate it, or to make any measurements 

 of its dimensions, but it appeared one of the 

 larger class, and bore testimony to the former 

 populousness of Limyra. The fortress is an open 

 quadrangular building with towers, apparently a 

 late Roman or middle-age edifice, constructed of 

 small stones, bricks and mortar, well cemented 

 together. Immediately in front of these two 

 buildings a multitude of small springs gush from 

 the base of the mountain to unite and form a 

 stream of the size and depth of the Phineka 

 Tchy. This is undoubtedly the Limyrus Fluvius, 

 as it joins the Ortah Tchy opposite the scala of 

 Phineka. We have thus the junction of the 

 Limyrus with the Arycandus, as mentioned by 

 Pliny, (v. 27.) 



The rock tombs next engaged our attention. 

 They are more numerous than those of Myra, 

 and many of them as elegantly sculptured, but 

 from being more detached have not the like 

 imposing and grand effect. A similar arrange- 

 ment was impossible, owing to the nature of 

 the rock in which they are cut. It is a stra- 



