Excerpt from A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidæ IT has been my object in this work to present to the public an authentic and exact narrative of the proceedings of an Expedition to Asia 'minor, with the direction of which I had the honour to be charged by Her Majesty's Government, in 1856, during the Premiership of Viscount Palmerston. This Expedition, which commenced in October, 1856, was brought to a close in June, 1859. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.