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PASHALIC OF ADALIA. 



The very correct solution which Captain Beaufort 

 here gives of the difficulty respecting the present 

 appearance of the Catarrhactes, applies equally to 

 its present place, and depends on the geological 

 structure of this part of Pamphylia, the rivers 

 of which, charged with calcareous matter, are 

 continually depositing calc tufa and changing 

 their beds; so that, two or three centuries hence, 

 their courses will, in all probability, be as dif- 

 ferent from those they now run, as their present 

 beds are from their ancient : even the present 

 disposition of the streams differs from that 

 described by Captain Beaufort, doubtless having 

 altered since his visit. Hence the chief argu- 

 ment in favour of the non-identification of Adalia 

 with Attaleia, and the placing of Olbia at the' 

 former site, can be allowed to have no weight in 

 deciding the question. 



The Pashalic of Adalia includes the whole of 

 Lycia east of the river Xanthus, the Yailahs of 

 Almalee and Stenez, and the western portion of 

 Pamphylia. The Turkish name of this Pashalic, 

 is Tekair Sanjak: it is divided into nine districts; 

 first Adalia, containing sixty-five villages; second 

 Almalee, with forty-four villages; third Gagea, 

 with twenty-eight; fourth Koonik, with eighteen; 



