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May 13^. — About two miles from the konak, 

 on the opposite side of the river, are the ruins 

 of Oenoanda. The city was built on the ex- 

 tremity of a spur of the Massicytus. To reach 

 it we crossed over a high stone bridge, and as- 

 cended by an ancient road leading up the hill 

 from its western side. On the ascent we passed 

 many sarcophagi, and a small group of badly 

 cut rock-tombs resembling those at Termessus, 

 and evidently of a late date. There were also 

 many tablets rudely sculptured on the face of 

 the rock. On one of them was a representation 

 of two open hands. The lids of one of the sar- 

 cophagi were ornamented with crouching lions, 

 and their ends by the emblem of the shield 

 and sword as at Balbura. The walls of the 

 city are on one side in good preservation, and 

 of admirable construction. They are built of 

 blocks of limestone, in some places polygo- 

 nal, in others forming regular courses, and al- 

 ways accurately fitting. The summit of the wall 

 has projecting and sloping eaves; and there 

 are square towers at intervals, with narrow doors, 

 windows, and loop-holes. One of these, with the 

 wall by it, we found to be thirty feet high. This 

 had an arched gateway, a window opening town- 



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