274 RUINS OF (ENOANDA. 



wards, and a doorway only two feet wide, lead- 

 ing outwards. Over the gate were two inscribed 

 tablets, but so defaced as to be almost illegible. 

 The first part of this wall runs across a low neck 

 or ridge, where the city was most easily acces- 

 sible. In places where the sides of the moun- 

 tain are very precipitous, there are no traces 

 of defences. Near the tower described is a 

 fallen monument or mausoleum, round the base- 

 ment of which there was a long inscription, as 

 on the monument at Rhodiapolis. This we had 

 not time to copy. The upper part of the hill, 

 where the principal public edifices stood, is co- 

 vered with ruins. These are so buried in woods 

 of cedar, that it was only by ascending the trees 

 we could make out the relative positions of the 

 buildings, so as to construct the accompanying 

 plan. Nearly in the centre of this part of the city 

 was a flagged court or square, surrounded by pedes- 

 tals, — this was most probably the Agora. The 

 pedestals are all inscribed, and on one of them 

 was the name of the town. Surrounding the 

 Agora were several large and handsome buildings, 

 portions of which are still standing. Fragments 

 of highly ornamented pediments and columns 

 lie strewed about in abundance. The capitals 



