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Sterrett, John R. Sitlington: The Wolfe expedition to Asia Minor
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THE WOLFE EXPEDITION
June 15. Alata to Yokarii Ivzit, 10 h. 7 m. From Alata we head
generally south, ascending for three-quarters of an hour. We then
reach a vast plateau, very rough and rolling. This plateau extends
from the backbone of Ala Dagh to the valley of Ermenek and the
Gok Su, when it breaks off suddenly. This plateau is very high, and
throughout the winter is a vast snow-field. Snow-posts mark the road
for the benefit of those so unlucky as to have to cross from Alata to
the Navahy region in winter. Without the snow-posts the journey
would be exceedingly dangerous. About four hours' travel brings us
to the edge of the plateau ; and we look down upon the Navahy
Deresi far below us, and beyond that upon the valley of the Gok Su.
Hence we descend west in about one and a half hours to Lakhlas.
The bluff falls off almost perpendicularly ; this is the case throughout
this whole Ermenek-Feriske region.
Lakhlas is almost certainly a corruption of the AaXao-o-is of Ptolemy,
Pliny, and coins. We pass Sevitli to Bashkieui, which, as its name
indicates, is the last village at the head of Navahy Deresi. From
Bashkieui we pass Bederet to Lauvdha. This last village is almost
certainly the modern equivalent of the Aaii£a8os of Hierocles and
the Notitia? Episcopatuum.
From Lauvdha we ascend to Gorde, on the slope of the right
bluff of the Dere; thence we descend to Kishla, in the narrow valley
on the Tchai, which comes from the Bashkieui region. Kishla is
the village put down by Fischer as Navahy. Navahy, however, is
the name of the whole district, and not of any particular village.
From Kishla we head east, and cross a ridge in the Dere running
nearly south. Both ascent and descent are exceedingly steep. One
hour's travel brings us to Dindebol, a name which may be a corrup-
tion of Dometianoitpolis. It was certainly an ancient town or village.
There are numerous tombs, excavated out of the soft rock; some of
them have bas-reliefs, which are now badly defaced.
From Dindebol the ascent to the two villages Ivzit, situated just
below the brink of the left bluff of the Dere, is long, tedious, and
excessively steep. Near Yokarii Ivzit is the site of an ancient village,
with rock-cut sepulchres. South of the two Ivzit villages are five
villages situated on the slope of the left bluff; these all bear the
name of Gargara.
June 16. Yokarii Ivzit to Feriske, 6 h. 17 m. We descend again
THE WOLFE EXPEDITION
June 15. Alata to Yokarii Ivzit, 10 h. 7 m. From Alata we head
generally south, ascending for three-quarters of an hour. We then
reach a vast plateau, very rough and rolling. This plateau extends
from the backbone of Ala Dagh to the valley of Ermenek and the
Gok Su, when it breaks off suddenly. This plateau is very high, and
throughout the winter is a vast snow-field. Snow-posts mark the road
for the benefit of those so unlucky as to have to cross from Alata to
the Navahy region in winter. Without the snow-posts the journey
would be exceedingly dangerous. About four hours' travel brings us
to the edge of the plateau ; and we look down upon the Navahy
Deresi far below us, and beyond that upon the valley of the Gok Su.
Hence we descend west in about one and a half hours to Lakhlas.
The bluff falls off almost perpendicularly ; this is the case throughout
this whole Ermenek-Feriske region.
Lakhlas is almost certainly a corruption of the AaXao-o-is of Ptolemy,
Pliny, and coins. We pass Sevitli to Bashkieui, which, as its name
indicates, is the last village at the head of Navahy Deresi. From
Bashkieui we pass Bederet to Lauvdha. This last village is almost
certainly the modern equivalent of the Aaii£a8os of Hierocles and
the Notitia? Episcopatuum.
From Lauvdha we ascend to Gorde, on the slope of the right
bluff of the Dere; thence we descend to Kishla, in the narrow valley
on the Tchai, which comes from the Bashkieui region. Kishla is
the village put down by Fischer as Navahy. Navahy, however, is
the name of the whole district, and not of any particular village.
From Kishla we head east, and cross a ridge in the Dere running
nearly south. Both ascent and descent are exceedingly steep. One
hour's travel brings us to Dindebol, a name which may be a corrup-
tion of Dometianoitpolis. It was certainly an ancient town or village.
There are numerous tombs, excavated out of the soft rock; some of
them have bas-reliefs, which are now badly defaced.
From Dindebol the ascent to the two villages Ivzit, situated just
below the brink of the left bluff of the Dere, is long, tedious, and
excessively steep. Near Yokarii Ivzit is the site of an ancient village,
with rock-cut sepulchres. South of the two Ivzit villages are five
villages situated on the slope of the left bluff; these all bear the
name of Gargara.
June 16. Yokarii Ivzit to Feriske, 6 h. 17 m. We descend again