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[Chap, xxvii.
the bank. It was very shallow and flat-bottomed, with
oars of a great length, and a huge gunwale of rushes as
a precaution against being swamped. There was scarcely
a ripple on the water, and yet it rolled as if in a gale.
Soon after eleven we reached the cafe and guard-house
of the Debrent, at the foot of a formidable pass up a
steep path overhanging the lake, with the rock scarped
away perpendicularly below it. The pass was guarded
by five men placed there by the Governor of Egerdir,
whose duty was to arrest any suspicious-looking traveller
not provided with a teskereh. The Euruques never con-
descend to take one of these passports, but are always
allowed to pass when travelling ^vith their families, or even
singly, when known in the neighbourhood.
After halting here a short time we ascended the pass,
leading our horses, and reached the turning point with
safety, notwithstanding the ill-paved road. For some
distance wo were winding along the steep side of the
hill, until soon after twelve we reached a beautiful plain,
surrounded by rocky hills, and covered with gardens and
orchards of every kind of fruit-trees. Beyond this lovely
spot a narrow plain extended for some distance along the
borders of the lake, the scenery of which became more
Italian as we approached its southern end. Here we saw
many productive vineyards, and boats taking in wood
and fruit for Egerdir on the opposite shore. The rocks
consisted chiefly of red and green argillaceous schists, inter-
stratified with bands of limestone and calcareous grit, un-
derlying the thick formation of compact limestone, and
dipping E.N.E. at an angle of 45°. These rocks have
been thus disturbed by a considerable mass of trap or green-
stone, which rises near the water's edge, and has been forced
up amongst them.
At three, having reached the end of the lake, we de-
scended from the hills into a plain about two miles wide,
and bounded on either side by steep and wooded hills.
This is raised only a few feet above the lake, of which
DERRENT. OR DERTSENT.
[Chap, xxvii.
the bank. It was very shallow and flat-bottomed, with
oars of a great length, and a huge gunwale of rushes as
a precaution against being swamped. There was scarcely
a ripple on the water, and yet it rolled as if in a gale.
Soon after eleven we reached the cafe and guard-house
of the Debrent, at the foot of a formidable pass up a
steep path overhanging the lake, with the rock scarped
away perpendicularly below it. The pass was guarded
by five men placed there by the Governor of Egerdir,
whose duty was to arrest any suspicious-looking traveller
not provided with a teskereh. The Euruques never con-
descend to take one of these passports, but are always
allowed to pass when travelling ^vith their families, or even
singly, when known in the neighbourhood.
After halting here a short time we ascended the pass,
leading our horses, and reached the turning point with
safety, notwithstanding the ill-paved road. For some
distance wo were winding along the steep side of the
hill, until soon after twelve we reached a beautiful plain,
surrounded by rocky hills, and covered with gardens and
orchards of every kind of fruit-trees. Beyond this lovely
spot a narrow plain extended for some distance along the
borders of the lake, the scenery of which became more
Italian as we approached its southern end. Here we saw
many productive vineyards, and boats taking in wood
and fruit for Egerdir on the opposite shore. The rocks
consisted chiefly of red and green argillaceous schists, inter-
stratified with bands of limestone and calcareous grit, un-
derlying the thick formation of compact limestone, and
dipping E.N.E. at an angle of 45°. These rocks have
been thus disturbed by a considerable mass of trap or green-
stone, which rises near the water's edge, and has been forced
up amongst them.
At three, having reached the end of the lake, we de-
scended from the hills into a plain about two miles wide,
and bounded on either side by steep and wooded hills.
This is raised only a few feet above the lake, of which