*FELLOWS, SIR CHARLES, was born in 1799, at Nottingham, where his father, John Fellows, Esq., held a property which the family had possessed during four previous generations. In the early part of the year 1838 Mr. Charles Fellows made a tour in that part of Asia Minor which lies betweeh 42° and 36° N. lat., 26° and 32° E. long. He started from Smyrna on the 22nd of February. Parts of his route, which lay through the interior and southern districts of Asia Minor, had not, as far as is known, been previously traversed by any European, and led him to the remains of several ancient cities. All these cities had their origin prior to the conquest of the country by the Romans in the third century B.C., and some of them were of very remote antiquity. Having passed through Lydia and Myaia, and crossed the Sea of Marmora to Constantinople, he pro ceeded thence through Bithynia, Phrygia, Pisidla, and Pamphylia.
When he was approaching Lycia it occurred to him that Colonel Leake and others had remarked that the valley of the river Xanthus had not been visited, and that it would probably be found to contain remains of ancient cities. Mr. Fellows therefore resolved to explore it, and commenced his researches at Patara, at the mouth of the Xanthus. Only nine miles up the river he discovered on a bold rocky elevation the extensive ruins of the city of Xanthus, the former capital of Lycia. Some fourteen or fifteen miles higher up the river he discovered in a most beautiful site the ruins of another large city, which he found by inscriptions to be the ancient city of Ties. Among the ruins of Xauthus were some exceedingly interesting remains of architecture, with many beautiful sculptures. Having made drawings of the architectural remains and sculptures, and copied the most legible of the inscriptions, he continued his journey through Caria and Lydia to Smyrna, where he arrived on the 12th of May.
Mr. Fellows, after his return to England, published 'A Journal written during an Excursion in Asia Minor, by Charles Fellows, 1838,' Svo, London, 1839. This work excited a very strong interest, and Mr. Hawkins of the British Museum, authorised by the trustees, requested Lord Palmerston to ask the Sultan for a firman granting leave to bring away some of the works of art which Mr. Fellows had
discovered. Lord Palmerston accordingly wrote to the British minister at Constantinople, directing him to make application for tho necessary firman, or letter of authorisation.
Not anticipating any difficulty in obtaining the firman, Mr. Fellows offered his services to the British Museum in pointing out such of the works of art as it would be most desirable to bring to England. His offer was accepted by the authorities of the British Museum, and in the autumn of 1839 he again left England for Lycia, more fully pre pared than before for an examination of its geography and remains of antiquity. He also took with him Mr. George Scharf, then n young artist, to assist him in rucking the drawings. He proceeded to Smyrna, and thence to Lycia, through which he made another excursion, and discovered thirteen other cities, each containing works of art. At length, on the 7th of March 1840, he received a letter from Lord Ponsonby, informing him that the Porte objected to the extent and generality of the required firman.
Having returned to England, Mr. Fellows laid his second journal before the public, An Account of Discoveries in Lycia, being a Journal kept during a Second Excursion in Asia Minor,' Svo, London, 1841. The public read the work with increased interest and admira tion, and the government with increased zeal requested Lord Pousonby to use his influence with the Porte to obtain the firman. At length, in October 1841, the trustees of the British Museum were informed that the firman was obtained.
On the 12th of October 1841, Mr. Fellows wrote to the trustees of the British Museum, offering his services to accompany the expedition, and to point out the objects for removal, requiring no remuneration, and offering to pay his own expenses, except a free passage to Lycia and again, and rations with the officers during the voyages. His offer was again accepted, and on the 16th of October he was on board the Tagus steam-boat off Southampton, ready to sail. Ile arrived at Smyrna on the 15th of November. Here he received the supposed firman, which proved to be nothing more than a letter requiring infor mation as to the precise object of the explorers. Finding that there had been some mistake in Making the application to the Porte, Mr.