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ment between it and Andriace, which would 

 agree equally well with the position of the Hel- 

 lenic tower, at the head of the lagoon on the 

 west side of cape Phineka. There will be a con- 

 sequent disagreement in either case, whichever 

 we may suppose to be Isium, on referring it to 

 the other position ; for the distance between 

 Gagge by the coast to Andriace is full thrice 

 sixty stadia, instead of twice sixty, as the Sta- 

 diasmus makes it, viz : — " From Gagse to the 

 tower Isium is sixty stadia, and from Isium to 

 Andriace is sixty stadia." It is therefore a point 

 in the geography which an inscription only can 

 decide. But we are inclined to think that the 

 tower near the lagoon on the other side of the 

 mountain represents Isium better than this of 

 Phineka, and it is probable that the lagoon in 

 those days may have formed a bay in the coast. 



The two towers seem equally connected with 

 the lines of fortified positions, that at some 

 early period were planted on this road of com- 

 munication between the eastern and western 

 cities of Lycia. It is the most direct and only 

 coast-road, and crosses a steep mountain four 

 thousand feet high. Perhaps we may recognize 

 in this fortified pass the very boundary beyond 



