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CHAPTER VIII. 



Visit to Almalee. — Sites of Amelas ? Podalia ? Massicytus ? 

 and Arsa. — Return to the Valley of the Xanthus and to 

 Leveesy. 



The high mountain ridge which separates the 

 Cibyratis from the plain of Almalee, does not 

 extend from the Massicytus across the northern 

 frontier of Lycia to join the Solymean moun- 

 tains, but terminates between Stenez and 

 Almalee. Low ridges passing on either side 

 of the marsh Caralitis, connect it with the 

 mountains beyond, so as to isolate the valley in 

 which the swamp lies from the Cibyratic plains, 

 and those belonging to Milyas. This northern 

 arm of the Massicytus, consequently formed the 

 boundary between that part of Cabalia, in which 

 were the cities Oenoanda, Balbura, and Bubon, 

 and the country of the Solymi. 



The great mountain ranges traversing Lycia 

 and the bordering districts, are branches extending 



