Excerpt from Karamania: Or a Brief Description of the South Coast of Asia-Minor and of the Remains of Antiquity, With Plans View, &C., , Collected During a Survey of That Coast, Under the Orders of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in the Years 1811& 1812Thus, groaning under the worst kind of despotism, this unfortunate country has. Been a continued scene of anarchy, rapine, and contention - her former 'ci ties deserted-her fertile valleys tun tilled - and her rivers and harbours idle. Perhaps nothing can present a more striking - picture-of - the pervading sloth and misery, than the hardly credible fact, that, on this extensive line of coast which stretches along a sea abounding °with fish, the inhabitants do not possess a single boat.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.