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tial buildings, the walls of the town, and some 

 Christian churches are still standing. They are 

 got at with difficulty, being in the midst of 

 marsh and jungle. Detached portions of an 

 aqueduct, of Roman architecture, built of brick 

 and small stones cemented together, remain at 

 the foot of the hills to the north of the city, 

 and may be traced as far as the village of Yeni- 

 gik, about a mile from the ruins. 



Gagae appears to have had an upper and a 

 lower acropolis. We ascended to the former 

 by a ravine, passing on our way four or five 

 plain oblong excavations in the rock, probably 

 sepulchral. The walls and other ruins on the 

 summit are coeval with those in the plain, with 

 the exception of the remains and foundations 

 of a Hellenic fortress at the western extremity. 

 There is also a large tank. Descending to an 

 irregular plateau, immediately under the west 

 end of the upper acropolis, we came to the lower 

 citadel, backed by an inaccessible precipice, and 

 bounded by natural fortifications of massy rocks, 

 connected at approachable points by strong walls. 

 Neither here, nor above, nor on the plain are 

 there any traces of a theatre. The city was 

 probably one which did not rise into importance 



