by John Marshall

“ Having obtained the necessary passport from the Turkish government, Captain Beaufort sailed from Smyrna, in July, 1811, and shortly after reached the coast of Karamania. His operations began at Yedy-Boo-roon, or the Seven-Capes, a knot of high and rugged mountains, which appears to have been the ancient Mount Cragus of Lycia, the abode of the fabulous Chimaera [8] . From thence he proceeded along the coast until he arrived off Cape Avova, in the Guiph of Adalia [9] , where he met with an adventure which afforded him a very happy opportunity of displaying great prudence and humanity. ”

“ Beaufort’s peculiarly conciliating politeness increased the power and effect of his benevolence, not oidy upon the highest, but upon the lowest class of his friends, acquaintance, and parishioners. He lived to be an example of uncommon intellectual vigour in advanced age. When he was nearly 83, in the last year of his life, he was occupied in preparing, from a large mass of materials, an improved edition of the memoir accompanying his map. ”

“ Yorke presided at the board, to employ a frigate on a survey of the coast; and H.M.S. Frederikssteen, of 32 guns, being then stationed in the Archipelago, was selected for that service.
“To settle the hydrography and to ascertain the naval resources, was the main design of the expedition; and the multiplied labours attendant on a survey of such magnitude, added to an excusable impatience for the final accomplishment of the task, in order to resume the more natural pursuits of a cruising frigate, allowed but little time for indulging in the examination of other objects. ”

“ Having occasion to anchor at Stampalia, the Primati, or magistrates, came off to express their gratitude for our having delivered them from one at least of that fraternity which had so often laid their island under contribution; and they pointed out a rock near the ship, where, three days before, two Mainot pirates had adjourned to divide the plunder of a Turkish boat; whose crew, consisting of five men, they had massacred there, sparing only one passenger ”

“ The distance of Adalia, from thence, is eighteen miles; and though we had distinctly heard the guns, we flattered ourselves that we might continue there, unperceived and undisturbed.
“But vain were our hopes. The city was recaptured by the former Pasha, and the unsuccessful party were flying in all directions. The following day, a large body of them came down to the beach abreast the ship, and begged of our watering party to protect them from the fury of their pursuers. This was of course refused: we had no right to interfere in their disputes ”

“ The names and boundaries of the ancient provinces above-mentioned are also entirely obliterated; and the limits, even of the present states, cannot be ascertained with any precision. Sheltered from all effectual control of the Porte by the great barrier of Mount Taurus, the half-independent and turbulent Pashas, amongst whom they are parcelled, are engaged in constant petty hostilities with each other, so that their respective frontiers change with the issue of every skirmish. ”

“ 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 ia fish, the inhabitants do not possess a single boat. ”

“ It surprises and delights the English traveller, and may well gratify, as it does, the national pride of the sister country. Dr. Beaufort was one of those who first proposed the Royal Irish Academy, and actively assisted in the formation, and in the regulation of that institution, of which he was one of the earliest members. To the establishment and improvement of the Sunday Schools in Dublin he contributed essentially by his personal exertions and constant attendance ”

“ On the 20th June, while embarking the instruments from a little cove to the westward of Ayas, we perceived a number of armed Turks advancing towards the boat. Turks always carry arms; and there was no reason to suppose that this party had any other object than curiosity, for several of the officers were at that time dispersed in the neighbourhood, and accompanied by the villagers ”

“ The name of Karamania is commonly applied, by Europeans, to that mountainous tract of country which forms the southern shore of Asia-Minor; but, however convenient such a gencral appellation may be, as a geographical distinction, it is neither used by the present inhabitants, uor is it recognized at the seat of government. A kingdom of that name, or rather Karamun-ily, did indeed once exist; it comprised the ancient provinces of Lycia, Pamphylia, and the two Cilicias, with parts of Caria and Phrygia ”