. A description of the East, and some other countries . A S I A M I N O R. 57 CHAP. V. Of Caria in general, and of the antient Alabanda. 1W~^ ROM Guzelhiflar I croffed the MiEander on the fifteenth into Ca-li ria. The Carians were firfl: called Leleges, inhabited the iflands,and were fubjefl: to Minos; they poffeffed therafelves of the con-inent, which belonged both to the Leleges and Pelafgi, and were droveDiit of it by the Greeks, lonians, and Dorians. The river Msander isicic about half a furlong broad ; it is a rapid ftream, and the bed oft s- as at this time full; the rivulet at Guzelhiff
. A description of the East, and some other countries . A S I A M I N O R. 57 CHAP. V. Of Caria in general, and of the antient Alabanda. 1W~^ ROM Guzelhiflar I croffed the MiEander on the fifteenth into Ca-li ria. The Carians were firfl: called Leleges, inhabited the iflands,and were fubjefl: to Minos; they poffeffed therafelves of the con-inent, which belonged both to the Leleges and Pelafgi, and were droveDiit of it by the Greeks, lonians, and Dorians. The river Msander isicic about half a furlong broad ; it is a rapid ftream, and the bed oft s- as at this time full; the rivulet at Guzelhiffar, and fome others thatinto it overflowing, make the country a morafs for a mile from thevixancjer. There is a large caufeway acrofs this low ground, and evenhat is overflowed in winter. The banks of the Msander are floping,Vii they crofs it on a fort of a boat, like a fledge in fhape of a half-,ge, the fides of it not being above a foot high : They tie together, which are about an inch and a half diameter, andH ill ten to fifteen feet long,
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