. Discoveries in Asia Minor; including a description of the ruins of several ancient cities, and especially Antioch of Pisidia. y, of a light yellowishcalcareous stone in numerous horizontal strata,eaten by the lapse of thousands of years, andwith innumerable excavations for tombs ; espe-cially when we saw crowning the summit thecolumns and entablatures of a superb temple,we were as much surprised as we had been disap-pointed. The rocks on either side, as we descendedinto the valley, were perforated also with tombs ;we entered several, and found some had beenshut by handsomely sculptured doors
. Discoveries in Asia Minor; including a description of the ruins of several ancient cities, and especially Antioch of Pisidia. y, of a light yellowishcalcareous stone in numerous horizontal strata,eaten by the lapse of thousands of years, andwith innumerable excavations for tombs ; espe-cially when we saw crowning the summit thecolumns and entablatures of a superb temple,we were as much surprised as we had been disap-pointed. The rocks on either side, as we descendedinto the valley, were perforated also with tombs ;we entered several, and found some had beenshut by handsomely sculptured doors, which werelying in fragments before the entrances. When at the bottom of the valley, the calca-reous mountain on our right, a precipitous massof great height, presented a most singular appear-ance ; surmounted by fantastic figures, which,though natural, seemed carved like the giganticsculptures of India or Egypt, and subsequentlydecomposed by time! Following the bed of a small stream, thoughprobably in another season a considerable river,we arrived at the village of Suleiman ; the houses ,.^p^.^,.™^-^^.jp».3„^,.,... ANCIENT CITY AT SULEIMAN. 81 were few in number ; some of the families dwell-ing with their cattle in the tombs. We were kindly received at the Oda, but ourimpatience would scarcely suffer us to receive the* Hosh gelde of the Oda bashi, and we walkedoff at a quick rate to explore the wonders of theacropolis. The road leading round the east or south-eastside, brought us first to the theatre, of whichthe remains of seats are few, though enough ofthe basement of the proscenium remains to deter-mine its form ; the breadth being about ninetyfeet. Beyond and above this, the wall of the acro-polis is seen extending a considerable way ; andentering through a ruined doorway, we came towhat at first view appeared to be the stadium,a long and narrow hollow with remains of en-trances on the northern side; but we changedour opinion afterwards—it may have been a por-tico
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