160 LADY AT PRAYERS. 



minding us of the writings on rocks conceal- 

 ing treasures, — so often mentioned in Eastern 

 stories, — seen by all men from afar, by the 

 chosen only when near. After passing the theatre 

 at Limyra, we came upon a group of rock-tombs 

 that had previously escaped us ; on several were 

 Lycian inscriptions. Near them on a rock-tablet 

 was a long Greek inscription, the only one at 

 this site in which mention is made of the 

 name of the city. It is placed by the side 

 of an ancient paved road, at a spot where 

 numerous and copious springs gush out among 

 thickets of pomegranates and oleanders. As 

 we were copying it, a Turkish lady, closely 

 veiled, and mounted on a richly caparisoned horse, 

 rode by, attended by a well-dressed Turk and 

 his servant on foot. We repassed this party about 

 a quarter of an hour afterwards ; the horse was 

 tethered on an open patch of pasture, the men 

 were reclining by the roadside, and, at some 

 little distance, by a clear stream which gurgled 

 beneath a spreading plane-tree, the lady was 

 prostrate in the attitude of prayer. The scene 

 interested us much ; it was the first time 

 we had met a Mahommedan female so oc- 

 cupied. 



