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COAST OF ADALIA.
[CHAP. XV.
coast, having the district of I'di-ili on the east, and that of
Mentesha on the west, a little way beyond Cape Khelidonia.
It is chiefly on the southern slopes of the Taurus, which, under
the name of the Delik Tagh (Mount Climax), and the Tak
talu (Mount Solyma), 1 runs parallel to the coast till it touches
the Mediterranean a little westward of Cape Khelidonia; it
therefore represents the higher of the two branches of the
Taurus, and runs inward from the sea. 2
& of TeUh is watered % the river Duden or Attalia-sii (ancient
Catarractes), 3 the Ak-su (Cestrus), the Kapri-sd (Euremedon);
and the Menavgat-su or Melas, 4 which furrow in parallel
directions, from north to south, the extensive plain of Attalia,
and the mountainous tracts on each side. The coast is flat,'
dreary, and unpromising, but the interior, although but par
tially cultivated, is rich and picturesque, wildernesses of trees,
shrubs, and climbing plants being mixed with bare rocks and
mountains. 5 A considerable portion of the inhabitants being
pastoral Turkomans, there are now few towns or even perma-
SS! nt nent villa S es ' thou ^ the district abounds with the remains of
a more flourishing period. The Pashalik of Tek&i includes
the eastern part of Lycia and the western portion of Pam-
phylia:^ within the limits of the former are the island of
Crambusa, 6 near Capes Khelidonia and Olympus, with a
temple a theatre, and several tombs, inscriptions, &c, near
the village of Delik Tash; 7 northward of these are three
islands, 8 and a little further Phaeselis, the last town of Pam-
pnylia, according to Pliny; 9 this is now represented bv the
picturesque town of T^krova, which has a theatre, a stadium
and several temples, 10 but on which the sea has been making
1 *7800 feet high.—Beaufort's Karamania.
2 Strabo, lib. XIV., p. 666.
8 Ibid - *
x 1 ellowes s Journal in Asia Minor, pp. 171, 178 204
6 Strabo, lib. XIV., p. 666.
7 Beaufort's Karamania, pp. 42 and 44
Ka '^V 's. SteriIe Cypriie of PImy ' lib ' v - c -
9 Lib. V., "c. xxvii.
10 Fellowes's Journal, pp. 211, 212.