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tioned rock sufficiently commands the road pass- 

 ing behind it. The modern name of Arycanda 

 is Aroof, possibly a very wide corruption of its 

 ancient name. We were too late on returning 

 down the valley towards Phineka to examine 

 some six or eight remarkable rock-tombs, de- 

 scribed by Sir C. Fellows, seen high up on the 

 face of a cliff, on the east side of the valley, 

 about three miles above Limyra. We heard 

 also of some rock sculpture at the foot of Alajah 

 Dagh, on the opposite side of the vale. 



March 29th. — We were prevented on the pre- 

 vious day from proceeding beyond our door by 

 continued heavy rains, a rest we almost needed 

 and were glad of, after the exertions of the last 

 four or five days, coupled with two sleepless 

 nights since our arrival here, through the con- 

 stant noise and fighting kept up between the 

 dogs and jackalls, which the carcass of the 

 horse brought around our domicile. But al- 

 though there had been much fighting, the work 

 of demolition nevertheless went on, and this 

 morning the well-picked bones of the animal 

 were scattered apart two or three hundred yards. 



Being anxious to ascertain what identity 

 existed between the Tower Tsium mentioned in 



