On approaching the opposite coast we come in sight of Anamur, and proceed by Kalandra or Kharadra, a small cove sheltered by a high cape; round the small bay is a fertile valley, at the head of which a torrent from Mount Andriclus seems to have given to this place its Greek name of Kharadra. The retired valley, with the bold coast and the woods and precipices behind it, is very beautiful; part of an ancient mole remains on the sea-shore. Hence to Cape Selenti we pass first under high cliffs and headlands, beyond which are mountains covered with snow. Further on, the mountains retire inland, leaving a fertile plain on the coast, which increases in breadth as we approach

Aleya.—This town is situated upon a rocky hill, jutting into the sea from the outer or westernmost angle of the plain. It resembles Gibraltar, the hill being naturally fortified on one side (the western) by perpendicular cliffs of vast height, and falling in the opposite direction by a very steep slope to the sea. The whole face of the hill is surrounded by high solid walls and towers, but the lower part only is occupied by the town, which is about 1 m. in circumference. The ground upon which it stands is, in some parts, so steep that the houses rise above one another in terraces, so that the flat roofs of one row of houses serve for a street to those above them. To the eastward of the town there is an anchorage for large ships, and small vessels are drawn up on the beach. In the middle of the seafront are some large vaulted structures, on a level with the water’s edge, intended for sheltering galleys; and constructed, perhaps, by the Genoese. They now serve for building the vessels called by the Turks Kirlanjis (swallow), which are generally formed with 3 masts and a bowsprit, all bearing triangular sails. Of these, and other vessels nearly resembling them, of from 20 to 60 tons burthen, there are several belonging to Aleya. The place is said to have taken its name from its founder, Alah-ed-din, son of Kaikosru, the founder of the Iconian race. In 1471 the Prince of Karaman, then engaged in a struggle for independence with Mahomet II., was put in possession of Aleya by the Venetians.