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as far as Mylafa, and called Sacred from the vidtims and pro-
ceflions, which paffed on it. The priefthood of the temple was
conferred on the maft illuftrious of the citizens, and was an office
held for life.
T he ruin of this temple co-incides with the defcription of it
given by the geographer. The fabric tottering with age was, it
feems, after his time gradually renewed, and chiefly by the contributions
of the Stephanephori, or high priefts. For on feven
columns is an infcription, which may be thus tranflated, “ Leo
“ ‘ Quintus, fon of Leo, when Stephanephorus, gave this column,
as he had promifed, with the bafe and capital.” And the following
infcription is repeated on five or more of the columns,
with - forne variation as to the length of the lines, and the ligatures
of the letters “ Menecrates, fon of Menecrates, chief phy-
“ fician of the city, when Stephanephorus, .gave this column,
■“ with the bafe and capital; Tryphaena his daughter, herfelf
“ likewife Stephanephorus and Gymnafiareh, having provided
’“ it.” From the form of certain characters-in the latter infcrip-
tions, it may be inferred, that Leo was the earlier benefadtor.
W e were vifi ted here every evening by a flock of goats and their
‘keeper. I afceiided the-acclivity of the mountain by the temple, and
from the fuirimit had an extenfive view o f the plain toward Mylafa.
It*was green with the cotton-plant and with vines. I would
have tarried to enjoy this profpeft, which was delicious, but was
much annoyed with thick fmoke; a fire, either accidental, or
defigned to confiime die'herbage, fpreading along the fide o f the
mountain, crackling, ‘and feeming to threaten, unlefs I haftened
away, to intercept my retreat.
W h en the Car-ians 'and Ionians.revolted from'Darius, they
retired after a defeat by the river Marfyas to Labranda, to the
large and holy grove of plane-trees, "inhere they were joined by
other troops and by the“Milefians. The diftance between Mendelet
delet and Miletus is reckoned nine hours. On the way thither
we difcovered Myus as has been related. Our courfe from Men-
delet was twenty five minutes north of weft, with the fummits-
of Titanus in view before us. We alighted after two hours, it
being dulk, at Tarjfmanla, a village near the end of the plain,
and waited beneath fome. trees until our men could procure us a
place to lodge in, when a fudden guft of wind carried away one
of our hats into a deep well. In the morning we afcended the
mountain by a winding track Ihaded with pines, myrtle and fragrant
Ihrubs.’ We enjoyed on it a fine view of the plain, which
we then left in. our rear. The road was rough and narrow to
Rafi, where we arrived in an hour. Beyond it we paffed an old
caftle on a hill, and foon after had the lake with Ufa Bafi or Myus-
in fight. The reader may recolledt that we found near this city,
marbles, which mention Jupiter of Labranda. Opr journey from
thence to Miletus has been already related.
C H A P . LIX.
Leave Myus-—. ‘The mountain by Mendelet — Sources of a river -—
A t Carpufeli — Sepulchres and a Jladinm — Qtl/er remains —
Alabanda — The Harpafus — The Mcsander.
T he .merchants, to whom we were recommended at Mendelet,
informed us that .Carpufeli was a place which afforded,
many antiquities. In our fecond tour we agreed to go thither
from Myus. We let out on the eighteenth of April in the evening,
and, after riding an hour and a half by the head of the Jake,,
pitched our tent for the night under a fpreading tree by a ftream.
Here we were ferenaded in a difagreeable manner; ftogs croaking,
as it were, in chorus; owls hooting; jackalls in troops
howling; and the village-dogs barking.