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RUINED TOWNS.
| Chap. xi.i.
CHAPTER XLI.
Leave Afiom Kara Hissar—Ruins near Surmeneh—Position of Synnada—Choban
—Chai Kieui -Eber Ghieul—Isakli—Ak Sheher, anc. Philomeliuni -Arkut
Khana—Ilghan—The Plague—Khadun Khana—Bedel Kaleh—Ladik, anc.
Laodicea Combusta—Reach Koniyeh, anc. Iconium.
Saturday, June 24.—Not having a long journey to perform
to-day, I determined not to start until after one p.m., in order
to obtain another meridian observation of Afiom Kara
Hissar, which gave 38° 43'15'' N. lat. Wishing to make
my host a present, I sent Dimitri to the bazaar for a shawl
or Something of the kind, and he soon returned with a hand-
some piece of Manchester cotton, suited for a turban or a
sash, with which the Armenian was well pleased. Leaving
the town, I observed that an extensive range of substantial
barracks had been built since my visit here last year; then
quitting the road to Yalobatch we proceeded nearly
E.S.E. along the plain. Three miles from the town, after
passing a ruined chifiik, we crossed the river, said to be full
offish, and Rowing from the Sitzhanli Ova.
After a few miles we passed several large sarcophao-i
lying about in the fields at the foot of the hills to the left:
they were all uncovered, but the lids of several were lying
near. The conviction that they marked the existence of
some ancient city in the neighbourhood was confirmed by
finding, farther on, the foundations and houses of a consider-
able town, of which the lines of streets and walls, with spaces
for door-ways, &c, formed of huge blocks of stone and
marble, might be traced to a great distance. These ruins
are situated in the plain, and, although extensive, do not
appear to have been surrounded with a wall; some of the
foundations rest upon the solid rock, which rises above the
surface. In the centre was an open space without any
RUINED TOWNS.
| Chap. xi.i.
CHAPTER XLI.
Leave Afiom Kara Hissar—Ruins near Surmeneh—Position of Synnada—Choban
—Chai Kieui -Eber Ghieul—Isakli—Ak Sheher, anc. Philomeliuni -Arkut
Khana—Ilghan—The Plague—Khadun Khana—Bedel Kaleh—Ladik, anc.
Laodicea Combusta—Reach Koniyeh, anc. Iconium.
Saturday, June 24.—Not having a long journey to perform
to-day, I determined not to start until after one p.m., in order
to obtain another meridian observation of Afiom Kara
Hissar, which gave 38° 43'15'' N. lat. Wishing to make
my host a present, I sent Dimitri to the bazaar for a shawl
or Something of the kind, and he soon returned with a hand-
some piece of Manchester cotton, suited for a turban or a
sash, with which the Armenian was well pleased. Leaving
the town, I observed that an extensive range of substantial
barracks had been built since my visit here last year; then
quitting the road to Yalobatch we proceeded nearly
E.S.E. along the plain. Three miles from the town, after
passing a ruined chifiik, we crossed the river, said to be full
offish, and Rowing from the Sitzhanli Ova.
After a few miles we passed several large sarcophao-i
lying about in the fields at the foot of the hills to the left:
they were all uncovered, but the lids of several were lying
near. The conviction that they marked the existence of
some ancient city in the neighbourhood was confirmed by
finding, farther on, the foundations and houses of a consider-
able town, of which the lines of streets and walls, with spaces
for door-ways, &c, formed of huge blocks of stone and
marble, might be traced to a great distance. These ruins
are situated in the plain, and, although extensive, do not
appear to have been surrounded with a wall; some of the
foundations rest upon the solid rock, which rises above the
surface. In the centre was an open space without any