Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (3.1884-1885)

TO ASIA MINOR. l6l

No. 271.

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July 21. Tchaush to Tchalmanda, 3 h. 50 m., returning to
Tchaush by the Suluklii and Duradja lakes, 4 h. 39 m. Leaving
Tchaush, we proceed south to Tol, situated on the edge of the
plain of Seidi Sheher, and at the mouth of Giilbere Tchai Deresi.
Here we head southeast, and proceed for an hour up the canon
of the Giilbere Tchai, where the stream suddenly changes its
direction, and comes almost from the northeast. Henceforward
we traverse a plateau which rises gently but steadily, until at Dikili
Tash we are once more among a number of isolated peaks of the
same character as those mentioned yesterday. The most prominent
of these peaks is Alvastana Dagh, in a little valley at the foot of
which lies the village of Dikili Tash. Hence we go up a gorge,
with Alvastana Dagh on our right, cross a small valley, and find our-
selves at Tchalmanda, on the Nuzumla Tchai. Ruins are reported
at Nuzumla, about one hour distant from Tchalmanda; but it
was impossible for me to visit the site with Tchaush as my base.
From Tchalmanda we head north, traverse the little valley again,
leave Yanakikieui half an hour on our right, and ascend for twenty
minutes in steep zigzags to Gdliih Gedigi, with Alvastana Dagh
immediately on our left. The summit of the pass is the level of a
little valley, in which I found a small lake, Siiliiklii G61, about a
quarter of a mile in diameter. The water of the lake has no natural
outlet, but the ancients have dug an artificial canal through the pass
immediately north of Alvastana Dagh, by which the water is led off
directly west; this canal is still used to irrigate the fields belonging
to the village of Dikili Tash. We go down the canal for twenty
minutes, then ascend north to a low pass, and find ourselves in the

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