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ancient bridge. From the character of these it 

 is difficult to determine the date ; they are stone 

 and mortar structures, like those abundant in 

 all the ancient sites of Asia Minor, and usually 

 termed, more from custom than for good reasons, 

 middle-age erections. In the cliffs by the Arab 

 Soo are a few plain rock tombs. From the 

 western extremity of the enclosed promontory, 

 an ancient roadway, cut in the rock, and 

 furrowed by the tracks of wheels, descends to 

 the plain below. To the south is a long hill, 

 separated from the fortress by a narrow strip 

 of flat ground, but joined to it by transverse 

 walls, the bases of which seem of ancient archi- 

 tecture. Near these are also rock-tombs in the 

 cliffs, certain evidences of an ancient site. 

 All these indications seem to us t~ agree well 

 with the site Olbia, " a fortress of great 

 strength; 1 ' the destruction or decay of which 

 was probably coeval with the founding and 

 rise of its neighbour Attaleia. The country 

 between these ruins and Adalia, is a rocky 

 track, quite incapable of cultivation ; whilst 

 that on the other side towards Lycia, extending 

 to the Solymian mountains, is very fertile, and 

 answers well to the territory of Olbia. This 



