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CHAPTER VII. 



Journey through Milyas and the Cibyratis, in the course of 

 the Roman army under Manlius. — Sites of the Ancient Cities 

 of Mandropolis, Lagbe, Sinda, Alimne, Cibyra, Bubon, Bal- 

 bura, and Oenoanda. — Determination of the position of the 

 Marsh Caralitis. 



Stenez is a scattered village of considerable 

 extent. The houses are surrounded by gardens, 

 watered by the artificial branches of a rivulet. 

 During four months in the year there are few 

 or no inhabitants, — the village, like several 

 others in the neighbourhood, being a summer 

 resort of the people of Adalia. The plain of 

 Stenez is the Yailah of Adalia. From ob- 

 servations of the boiling point of water, tested 

 by two thermometers, we ascertained our ele- 

 vation above the sea-level to be three thou- 

 sand five hundred feet. It is one of a number 

 of alpine plains, lying between the summits 

 of Massicytus, and those of the Solymian range. 

 Their average elevation is about three thousand 



