234 TERMESSUS MAJOR. 



but on ascending to the last-mentioned wall we 

 came upon an inscribed pedestal, which assured us 

 we were in Termessus, — a name shouted out by 

 the finders with no small delight, and echoed 

 by the old rocks as if in confirmation. It must 

 have been new to them after having rested so 

 long unspoken. On reaching the third wall, 

 our surprise was great at finding that hitherto 

 we had been wandering, as it were, only in the 

 vestibule of the city, and that Termessus itself 

 was yet to come, built on the mountain- top, even 

 as Arrian has recorded. It stood on a platform 

 surrounded by a natural wall of crags, three to 

 four hundred feet high, except on the east, 

 where it terminated in a tremendous precipice, 

 diving into a deep gorge, opening into the Pam- 

 phylian plain. 



After crossing the third wall, our attention 

 was first attracted by an avenue, bordered on 

 each side by a close row of pedestals, terminated 

 at each end by public buildings, apparently 

 temples. These pedestals were almost all in- 

 scribed, and the inscriptions in good preser- 

 vation. One of them was of peculiar interest, 

 confirming this site as Termessus Major. — 



