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AIDINJIK.
[Chap, xxxvi.
the N. and N.N.W., over which were seen the rocky
mountains of Cyzicus. At one we passed a burial-ground
with some broken columns, and, continuing our ascent,
reached in another hour several successive ridges of crys-
talline limestone stretching down from the hills on the
right, half a mile off: here we crossed alternating beds of
red, black, and purple shale, dipping S.E. by S. about 70°.
Although I could not discover any traces of stratification in
the limestone, it is probably conformable to, and alternat-
ing with, the shale.
At half past two we reached the vineyards and mulberry
plantations of Aidinjik, and entered a richly cultivated
valley sloping gently to the N.N.W. to the sea. Aidinjik
is situated on the hills to the east, and contains from 400 to
500 houses, chiefly Turkish, but it is a wretched-looking
place. Wood is extremely scarce, and is brought from a
great distance. Many marble fragments from the neigh-
bouring ruins of Cyzicus lie scattered about the place, and
I copied a few inscriptions,* but none of any particular in-
terest. Near the house in which I lodged was a handsome
bath of white marble, used as the mouth of a well.
After visiting the Agha, who received me with great
civility, and wished me to buy some Byzantine coins, and
sepulchral tablets with inscriptions^ under the usual funereal
bas-reliefs, I proceeded to explore the town. I was accom-
panied during part of my search by his Frank doctor, the
most absolutely ignorant of the whole race of Medici whom
I had met with in the East. He called himself a French-
man, and talked of Greek inscriptions as des choses dc
VEglise, seeming to have no idea of the difference between a
Greek temple and a Christian church. He had heard of the
ruins of Cyzicus, or Bal Kiz, as the Turks call them, and
believed them to be very old and built by the Genoese,
because the Turks had told him so. Here were numerous
fragments of columns, cornices, and marble blocks lying about
in all directions, said to have been brought from Bal Kiz.
* See Appendix, Nos. 306, 307. f Ibid. Nos. 30?—312.
AIDINJIK.
[Chap, xxxvi.
the N. and N.N.W., over which were seen the rocky
mountains of Cyzicus. At one we passed a burial-ground
with some broken columns, and, continuing our ascent,
reached in another hour several successive ridges of crys-
talline limestone stretching down from the hills on the
right, half a mile off: here we crossed alternating beds of
red, black, and purple shale, dipping S.E. by S. about 70°.
Although I could not discover any traces of stratification in
the limestone, it is probably conformable to, and alternat-
ing with, the shale.
At half past two we reached the vineyards and mulberry
plantations of Aidinjik, and entered a richly cultivated
valley sloping gently to the N.N.W. to the sea. Aidinjik
is situated on the hills to the east, and contains from 400 to
500 houses, chiefly Turkish, but it is a wretched-looking
place. Wood is extremely scarce, and is brought from a
great distance. Many marble fragments from the neigh-
bouring ruins of Cyzicus lie scattered about the place, and
I copied a few inscriptions,* but none of any particular in-
terest. Near the house in which I lodged was a handsome
bath of white marble, used as the mouth of a well.
After visiting the Agha, who received me with great
civility, and wished me to buy some Byzantine coins, and
sepulchral tablets with inscriptions^ under the usual funereal
bas-reliefs, I proceeded to explore the town. I was accom-
panied during part of my search by his Frank doctor, the
most absolutely ignorant of the whole race of Medici whom
I had met with in the East. He called himself a French-
man, and talked of Greek inscriptions as des choses dc
VEglise, seeming to have no idea of the difference between a
Greek temple and a Christian church. He had heard of the
ruins of Cyzicus, or Bal Kiz, as the Turks call them, and
believed them to be very old and built by the Genoese,
because the Turks had told him so. Here were numerous
fragments of columns, cornices, and marble blocks lying about
in all directions, said to have been brought from Bal Kiz.
* See Appendix, Nos. 306, 307. f Ibid. Nos. 30?—312.