SCALA NUOVA (Turk. Kush-Adasi)  , also known as New

Ephesus, a well-protected harbour on the west coast of Asia Minor in the vilayet of Aidin, opposite Samos . The site of the ancient Marathesium is close by on the S . It is connected with the railway station of Ayassoluk by a diligence service . Before the opening of the Smyrna-Aidin railway its roadstead was frequented by vessels trading with the Anatolian coast, and it has often been proposed to connect it with the railway system by a branch line, and thus enable it to compete with Smyrna . In the absence of this the' town is rapidly on the decline . The population is not over 7000 . The trade is of merely local interest . (D . G .