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on the summit, where there is standing the 

 lower half of a small hellenic tower, built of 

 squared blocks. The ruins of the town consist 

 merely of the foundations of buildings, scattered 

 blocks, and marble and broken columns, lying 

 on the ground between the village and the for- 

 tress. There are several rock-tombs, on two of 

 which were imperfect Lycian inscriptions. On 

 a loose block, shaped like a tombstone, we also 

 found a Lycian inscription. There are several 

 Greek inscriptions : in two of them mention is 

 made of the name of the place, AP2AAEQN0- 

 AHM02, which still retains its ancient appel- 

 lation. There is no mention, so far as we are 

 aware, in any ancient author of a Lycian city 

 called Arsa. It is very possible that some of 

 the Lycian coins bearing the letters A P, may 

 belong to this place. The town appears to have 

 been of about equal importance with Araxa and 

 Arna. 



May 21s£. — We descended from Arsa into the 

 valley of the Xanthus by a steep and winding 

 road, — the lower part of which lay buried in 

 thick groves of arbutus and styrax. Every step 

 led us from spring into summer. At Arsa the 

 fields were starred with flowers, and the grass 



