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COTYiEIUM TO LAKE ASCA3TIA,
ir
d plover*
H
ThesH
■ pun
a of the bi,i
'• On enteringf
scoria ork
Oneoenoojhat
the perpenfe
' range of Olfl
"e has hitk
■lcankj
, besides tm:
t seeing its k
nly of a fewefi
in width eitei
ur
• and bc
D miles I pi
oose stones, pi
th no vegetal
Jy for rearing*
i ;' StnU
e high
mge. Thel
id are of a
jamus, d
-
: of the city
1 Pk
towards the north-east. I have mentioned finding at Enae
many basaltic columns, and that the agates used in the
straw-cutting machines were brought from the neighbour-
hood, or from the other side of the mountain, which I know
to be granite; this may probably bring Ida also into the
range bounding to the north-west the immense tract of
volcanic production. I shall be heartily glad to leave it,
and to reach a climate more genial both to vegetable and
animal life.
I am now writing in a room in Ballook, the most dreary
of villages. Tomorrow I shall descend, and expect to find
a great difference in the season; a month ago the trees were
bursting into leaf in the west country, and above two months
since at Syra the corn was beginning to show the ear, whilst
here they have only in a few places now begun to plough
and sow.
I am at this moment sitting at dinner, stared at by four-
teen Turks, all complimentary visitors, who have watched
every mouthful I have taken, and are now secretly looking
at and talking of me. I was so much annoyed at Altuntash
the night before last by this custom of the country, and by
the repetition of it by the people again appearing the next
morning early with cream and honey as an excuse for re-
maining to see me dress, that I determined to put a stop to
it, at the risk of offending them, rather than have a number
of men waiting to see me turn out of my bed; and I gave
directions to my servant accordingly. On inquiring after-
wards how he had kept them out, I found that he had repre-
sented me as unwell, and not able to bear the talking ; and
thus both I and my servant were left to pursue our occupa-
tions undisturbed. These people are so sociable that no
one is ever alone, and I believe that I must occasionally
represent myself as an invalid, in order to get time for
writing and the other occupations of a traveller.
March 30th, Catchiburloo (meaning Gloat-country).—I
ir
d plover*
H
ThesH
■ pun
a of the bi,i
'• On enteringf
scoria ork
Oneoenoojhat
the perpenfe
' range of Olfl
"e has hitk
■lcankj
, besides tm:
t seeing its k
nly of a fewefi
in width eitei
ur
• and bc
D miles I pi
oose stones, pi
th no vegetal
Jy for rearing*
i ;' StnU
e high
mge. Thel
id are of a
jamus, d
-
: of the city
1 Pk
towards the north-east. I have mentioned finding at Enae
many basaltic columns, and that the agates used in the
straw-cutting machines were brought from the neighbour-
hood, or from the other side of the mountain, which I know
to be granite; this may probably bring Ida also into the
range bounding to the north-west the immense tract of
volcanic production. I shall be heartily glad to leave it,
and to reach a climate more genial both to vegetable and
animal life.
I am now writing in a room in Ballook, the most dreary
of villages. Tomorrow I shall descend, and expect to find
a great difference in the season; a month ago the trees were
bursting into leaf in the west country, and above two months
since at Syra the corn was beginning to show the ear, whilst
here they have only in a few places now begun to plough
and sow.
I am at this moment sitting at dinner, stared at by four-
teen Turks, all complimentary visitors, who have watched
every mouthful I have taken, and are now secretly looking
at and talking of me. I was so much annoyed at Altuntash
the night before last by this custom of the country, and by
the repetition of it by the people again appearing the next
morning early with cream and honey as an excuse for re-
maining to see me dress, that I determined to put a stop to
it, at the risk of offending them, rather than have a number
of men waiting to see me turn out of my bed; and I gave
directions to my servant accordingly. On inquiring after-
wards how he had kept them out, I found that he had repre-
sented me as unwell, and not able to bear the talking ; and
thus both I and my servant were left to pursue our occupa-
tions undisturbed. These people are so sociable that no
one is ever alone, and I believe that I must occasionally
represent myself as an invalid, in order to get time for
writing and the other occupations of a traveller.
March 30th, Catchiburloo (meaning Gloat-country).—I