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cities) with a fine arch and a circular end; within this recess
were windows, the whole being on a large scale. There were
numerous other piles of ruins, to which I can give no name,
as well as several detached kind of towers, of fine massive
Greek structure: these are scattered at some distance from
the ruins of the city.
Leaving Arycanda, we in half an hour crossed a river,
which appeared suddenly from the mountains to the east,
forming a main tributary to the Arycandus ; the city might
therefore be said to be at the head of the river as soon as it
became worthy of a name. This valley, as we continued its
ascent, became more wild, and fir-trees and cedars alone re-
mained to clothe the rocks; the few patches of cultivation
indicated a change of season, caused by our increased eleva-
tion. The corn, which we had the day before seen changing
colour for the harvest, was here not an inch above the ground,
and the buds of the bushes were not yet bursting.
Having left the course of the river for about three hundred
yards, we found on our return that its bed was dry. Riding
up the stony ravine until we reached a ridge, we descended
slightly for about a mile and a half to Avelan, which consists
of only three houses: although in a comparatively cold
region, we have preferred the tent to the stable-like accom-
modation these huts afforded.
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379
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cities) with a fine arch and a circular end; within this recess
were windows, the whole being on a large scale. There were
numerous other piles of ruins, to which I can give no name,
as well as several detached kind of towers, of fine massive
Greek structure: these are scattered at some distance from
the ruins of the city.
Leaving Arycanda, we in half an hour crossed a river,
which appeared suddenly from the mountains to the east,
forming a main tributary to the Arycandus ; the city might
therefore be said to be at the head of the river as soon as it
became worthy of a name. This valley, as we continued its
ascent, became more wild, and fir-trees and cedars alone re-
mained to clothe the rocks; the few patches of cultivation
indicated a change of season, caused by our increased eleva-
tion. The corn, which we had the day before seen changing
colour for the harvest, was here not an inch above the ground,
and the buds of the bushes were not yet bursting.
Having left the course of the river for about three hundred
yards, we found on our return that its bed was dry. Riding
up the stony ravine until we reached a ridge, we descended
slightly for about a mile and a half to Avelan, which consists
of only three houses: although in a comparatively cold
region, we have preferred the tent to the stable-like accom-
modation these huts afforded.
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