fhall have occafion, when we arrive at Mylafa, to treat of him»
and fhall then explain his fymbol, which occurs, not feldom, to
the antiquary, and efpecially the medallift.
Our boat moved very heavily, but we tugged on from this
iflet to one in a line with it on the north fide of the lake, over-
fpread likewife with rubbifh. On the fhore we found young
tortoifes, lively, but fo final], that we fuppofed they were juft
hatched from the eggs. The fifh rofe all around us, and the tops
of the rocks above the furface of the water were covered with
birds. We were amufed with vaft flights of fowl, fome of a fpecies
unknown to us.
T he Greek emperor Manuel lay near this lake with his army
about the year 867. “ His camp, fays the hiftorian', was fitu-
" ated toward the mouths of the Maeander. There an immenfe
“ quantity of water iffues forth at the feet of the mountains, as
*• it were the produce of a thoufand fprings $ and fpreading a
“ deluge over the adjacent country, at firft compofes a lake, and
“ then going on cuts a deep bed and forms a river.” We were
now told that its junction with the Msander is by a channel
about half a mile long. The city of Myfis had antiently an inter-
courfe by water with Miletus, and a communication with the
fea, from which a boat might ftill pafs up to it.
W e had obferved at Myus many final! fquare niches cut j and
rocks, with fteps to afcend up to the top. Thefe places, it may
be conjectured, were defigned for the worlhip of the watry divinities
j to receive propitiatory offerings, or votive tablets; the
memorials of real or imaginary perils and efcapes j the tribute Of
their fuppliants diftreffed and relieved in their occupation or voyages
on the lake.
> Cinnamus.
C H A f\ LII.
Firjl difcovery o f Myus — To Merfenet — Fo Miletus — To Oran-
duick — T‘he night — 7a Suit and Smyrna — Remark on the
Water-Courfe in the plain — Account o f a Journey in 1673 —
Remarks on it.
W E were led unexpectedly to the difcovery of Myus in our
firft journey, on the way to Miletus from Mylafa in Caria. We
fiad crofled the mountain, and our guide, at the head of the lake,
leaving the road to Miletus, which is on the oppofite fide, conducted
us to Myus. We difmounted at the caftle and took a
curfory furvey of the ruins. It was evening before we had finifh-
ed, and too late to attempt reaching Miletus.
W e had confumed our whole ftore of provifions, which con-
fifted of a few hard eggs, fome grapes and bread, on our arrival
here. We now found we could procure neither corn for our
horfes, nor any kind of food to allay our own hunger, which
began to be importunate. We mounted, and went in queft of a
lodging, palling from village to village, and enquiring, in vain,
for corn. At length we were benighted among the hills on the
fouth fide of the lake, with jackalls howling round us. After
fome time we flopped at Merfenet, a village upon mount Lat-
mus, which afforded us a difh of boiled wheat, and fome muft
of wine, with honey; but the quantity fo fmall, it rather pacified
the prefent cravings of appetite than fatisfied the ftomach.
Nothing remained for the morning, and both we and our horfes
fet out falling.
T he way to Miletus, after defending the mountain, was by
the lake to the plain. We had then the Mseander winding on
our right» and mount Latmus bordering the level green on our
Y z left,-