....... Η ΣΟΡΟΣ .......... ΦΛΑΒΙΑΝΩ ...... .... ΟΥΔΕΝΙ ..... Ε ..... ΑΙ .... ΜΕΤΑ ..... ΚΟΜΙΣ ... ΜΑ .. ΕΝ .. ΤΟ .. ΤΟΛΜΗΣΑΣ ΤΙ ΤΟΙΟΥ- ΤΟ ΤΙΣΕΙ ΤΩ ΙΕΡΩΤΑΤΩ ΤΑΜΕΙΩ 𐆖. Β. Φ. ΚΗΔΟΝ- ΤΑΙ ΔΕ ΤΗΣ ΣΟΡΟΥ ΙΟΥΝΙΟΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΤΑ- ΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΟΙ ΑΥΤΩΝ ΖΩΣΙΝ ΤΑΥΤΗΣ ΕΠΙ- ΓΡΑΦΗΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟΝ ΑΝΕΤΕΘΗ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΕΝ ΕΦΕΣΩ ΑΡΧΕΙΟΝ Upon the borders of the road, about a mile from _Tyria_, there stands a commodious fountain, and adjoining thereto a pleasant country house; where, as we staid to drink, an hospitable old Turk offered us the entertainment of the place. We were then obliged to refuse the favour, but not without a fresh regret at the inconveniency of our last night’s lodging, when we might have easily passed on to this advantagous _conáck_. We hence travel some hours in a narrow and almost deserted vale, the _Caýster_ still flowing on our right hand; till about one a clock we draw near to the extreme edge of the _Alymán_, a large mountain lying betwixt the city of _Ephesus_ and the village of _Giamobasy_, and here ending in an abrupt precipice; on the top of which stands an old castle now converted, as is said, into a college of _dervíses_. Near this place the _Caýster_ mingles with a large and muddy lake, which most probably was the _Stagnum Pegasaeum_, mentioned by _Pliny_[38], as having communication with this river. The _Alymán_ we take to be the _Mons Gallesius_ of the antients[39]; since the _Mimas_[40], for which some have lately mistaken it, is the highest part of _Erythréa_, or that cape land, which encloses the bay of _Smyrna_.