Karamania: Or, A Brief Description of the South Coast of Asia-Minor and of the Remains of Antiquity. With Plans, Views, &c. Collected During a Survey of that Coast, Under the Orders of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in the Years 1811-1812 |
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Adalia Agha Alaya Anamour Anemurium antient antient name appearance aqueduct arches Arrian Asia Minor Attalia beach boats Boodroom buildings called Cape Cape Krio Caria castle Chimæra Cilicia cliffs coast columns Coracesium Cydnus distance eastward farther feet high former formerly fortress frigate gate Greek gulf harbour hill inhabitants inscriptions island isthmus Kakava Karamania Kastelorizo land Livy Lycia Mallos marble mentioned miles modern mole Mount Taurus mountains mouth Myra observed Olbia Pamphylia Pasha Patara peninsula perhaps piers plain Pliny Pompeiopolis port present probably promontory Ptolemy Pyramus remains ridge rock round ruins sand sandy sarcophagi Scylax seats seems Selefkeh Selinty shew ship shore Sidé small river square stadia stone Strabo summit surrounded tains theatre thence tient tion tombs towers town Trajanopolis Turkish Turks vessels vignette walls westward wind Zephyrium
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Page 39 - From Syria to the Archipelago, there is a constant current to the westward, slightly felt at sea, but very perceptible near the shore, along this part of which...
Page 57 - On a small peninsula, at the foot of this mountain, are the remains of the city of Phaselis, with its three ports and its lake, as described by Strabo. The lake is now a mere swamp, occupying the middle of the isthmus. It was probably, this traveller remarks, the source of those baneful exhalations which, according to Cicero, rendered Phaselis so unhealthy.
Page 46 - In the inner corner of a ruined building, the wall is undermined so as to leave an aperture of about three feet diameter, and shaped like the mouth of an oven ; from thence the flame issues, giving out an intense heat, yet producing no smoke on the wall; and though from the opening we detached some small lumps of caked soot, the walls were hardly discolored.
Page vi - It was at once the seat of learning and riches, and the theatre of some of the most celebrated events that history unfolds. It was signalized by the exploits of Cyrus and Alexander, and was dignified by the birth and the labours of the illustrious apostle of the Gentiles.
Page 150 - ... Privies, and is finished twelve feet high, in the clear. Each Schoolroom is lighted by four windows, which are all on one side. The first floor is set eighteen inches above the ground at the front of the building. The Cellar is finished seven and a half feet high, in the clear ; and its floor is on a level with the surface of the ground at the back of the building, where is the entrance-door to the first story. The Schoolrooms in the first and second stories are thirty feet in length, by twenty-two...
Page 40 - The configuration of the coast will perhaps account for the superior strength of the current about here : the great body of water, as it moves to the westward, is intercepted by the western coast of the Gulf of Adalia ; thus pent up and accumulated, it rushes with augmented violence to wards Cape Khelidonia, where, diffusing itself in the open sea, it again becomes equalized.
Page i - Plans, Views, &c. Collected during a Survey of that Coast under the orders of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in the Years 1811 and 1812.
Page 209 - ... front of Chelindreh, and at some miles farther to the eastward two more, which are called Butterfly Islands. One of these is very high; and a lofty spire of rock, that leans from a cliff over the sea, gives it a singular appearance. Their only inhabitants now are eagles, who, unaccustomed to the sound of human voices, quitted their aeries on the lofty cliffs, and hovered over the boats with amusing surprise and uneasiness.
Page 22 - Its numerous creeks and easy access will always render it a favourite resort of the small and timid coasters of the Levant : while its great extent, its bold shores, and the facility of defence, may hereafter point it out as an eligible place for the rendezvous of a fleet.
Page 173 - ... interior, but close in they have a magnificent appearance. They consist of a compact white limestone, tinged here and there with red. The general aspect of the town and its vicinity exactly coincides with the short description Strabo gives of Coracesium, the first town of Cilicia ; and the barren ridges of Mount Taurus, which here come down to the shore, sufficiently indicate the beginning of that rugged coast Other circumstances concur in proving the identity of these places ; for we find that...