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SEA OF MARMORA.
[Chap. v.
CHAPTER V.
Leave Constantinople—Moudaniah—Brusa—Lake of Apollonia—Kirmasli—Ruins
at Hamamli—Kesterlek—Mountainous road from Kcsterlek to Adranos.
Tuesday, March 22nd.—After all our preparations had
been made, and our luggage put on board, we were de-
tained for some time at the Custom-house, by the absence
of the officer whose duty it was to give the usual Teskeray
or permit, without which the boatmen did not dare to sail;
or they would have been exposed to much vexation and
expense on reaching Moudaniah. ' The view of Constan-
tinople, Pera, and Scutari, as we dropped down the Golden
Horn and entered the Bosphorus, was extremely striking,
and the tall minarets of Sta. Sophia, Sultan Achmet, and
Suleimanli were seen to great advantage through the clear
frosty morning air.
Shortly before sunset we rounded the bluff rocky Cape
of Bozbournou (Grey Nose), called by Ptolemy "Posidium
promontorium." These rocks are volcanic, and form the
extremity of the chain of hills which separates the gulfs of
Nicomedia and Nicsea. They consist of rounded masses of
trap imbedded in a greenish paste, resembling those at the
entrance to the Bosphorus from the Black Sea, and at a
distance have the appearance of a rude Cyclopian wall.
On entering the Gulf of Nicsea, we landed for a short
time near a fine spring of fresh water, much frequented by
the Greek sailors of Moudaniah. It was past ten p. m. be-
fore we reached the opposite shore, where we expected to
pass the night in the boat, in consequence of the difficulties
made by the Custom-house officers, who pretended that we
had not got a proper Teskeray. But we soon over-ruled
their objections, and were glad to content ourselves with the
cafe for a konak.
SEA OF MARMORA.
[Chap. v.
CHAPTER V.
Leave Constantinople—Moudaniah—Brusa—Lake of Apollonia—Kirmasli—Ruins
at Hamamli—Kesterlek—Mountainous road from Kcsterlek to Adranos.
Tuesday, March 22nd.—After all our preparations had
been made, and our luggage put on board, we were de-
tained for some time at the Custom-house, by the absence
of the officer whose duty it was to give the usual Teskeray
or permit, without which the boatmen did not dare to sail;
or they would have been exposed to much vexation and
expense on reaching Moudaniah. ' The view of Constan-
tinople, Pera, and Scutari, as we dropped down the Golden
Horn and entered the Bosphorus, was extremely striking,
and the tall minarets of Sta. Sophia, Sultan Achmet, and
Suleimanli were seen to great advantage through the clear
frosty morning air.
Shortly before sunset we rounded the bluff rocky Cape
of Bozbournou (Grey Nose), called by Ptolemy "Posidium
promontorium." These rocks are volcanic, and form the
extremity of the chain of hills which separates the gulfs of
Nicomedia and Nicsea. They consist of rounded masses of
trap imbedded in a greenish paste, resembling those at the
entrance to the Bosphorus from the Black Sea, and at a
distance have the appearance of a rude Cyclopian wall.
On entering the Gulf of Nicsea, we landed for a short
time near a fine spring of fresh water, much frequented by
the Greek sailors of Moudaniah. It was past ten p. m. be-
fore we reached the opposite shore, where we expected to
pass the night in the boat, in consequence of the difficulties
made by the Custom-house officers, who pretended that we
had not got a proper Teskeray. But we soon over-ruled
their objections, and were glad to content ourselves with the
cafe for a konak.