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RUINED VILLAGE.
195
that having been burnt down, it was subsequently rebuilt
at the expense of an emperor or Icing, whence it derived its
distinguishing1 name.
Soon after nine we started for Koniyeh, the ancient Ico-
nium, distant nine hours. Many blocks of marble lay on
each side of the road as we ascended the low hills for
seven miles, in an oblique direction to the E.S.E. or S.E.
by E. We crossed two low ridges of argillaceous and
talcose schists, with an almost vertical dip and strike from
W. by N. to E. by S. ; the beds were slightly contorted and
intersected by quartz veins. Lofty and rugged hills of
limestone rose on the right, while lower hills of the same
formation, with their summits and surfaces more rounded,
appeared on the left. This remarkable difference of cha-
racter may have been owing to the lower hills having been
under water, during the existence of the great central lake,
whilst the barren peaks on the right rose like islands or
rocky ridges above its surface.
Between two and three miles from Ladik we reached a spot
on the hill side, covered with the ruins of small buildings,
among which were many inscribed sepulchral pedestals, but
all of such a simple nature, or so defaced, that I did not
attempt to copy them; they all ended with MlSHMHE
XAPIN. On the hill above the road was a Turkish burial-
ground full of similar remains: these ruins probably mark
the site of a Turkish town or village built out of the
spoils of Laodicea. At eleven, after winding over undu-
lating and partly wooded hills, we reached the summit of
the ridge stretching E.N.E. from Sultan Dagh, and form-
ing by its continuation the northern boundary of the plain
of Koniyeh. For some distance the road running south
was carried over the vertical edges of the schistose rocks;
a ruined khan appeared on our left hand, which might
still afford shelter to benighted travellers. After crossing
the high barren ground, and passing several ravines open-
ing into the plain on our left, we traversed for several
miles a dreary upland, descending gently to the great plain
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RUINED VILLAGE.
195
that having been burnt down, it was subsequently rebuilt
at the expense of an emperor or Icing, whence it derived its
distinguishing1 name.
Soon after nine we started for Koniyeh, the ancient Ico-
nium, distant nine hours. Many blocks of marble lay on
each side of the road as we ascended the low hills for
seven miles, in an oblique direction to the E.S.E. or S.E.
by E. We crossed two low ridges of argillaceous and
talcose schists, with an almost vertical dip and strike from
W. by N. to E. by S. ; the beds were slightly contorted and
intersected by quartz veins. Lofty and rugged hills of
limestone rose on the right, while lower hills of the same
formation, with their summits and surfaces more rounded,
appeared on the left. This remarkable difference of cha-
racter may have been owing to the lower hills having been
under water, during the existence of the great central lake,
whilst the barren peaks on the right rose like islands or
rocky ridges above its surface.
Between two and three miles from Ladik we reached a spot
on the hill side, covered with the ruins of small buildings,
among which were many inscribed sepulchral pedestals, but
all of such a simple nature, or so defaced, that I did not
attempt to copy them; they all ended with MlSHMHE
XAPIN. On the hill above the road was a Turkish burial-
ground full of similar remains: these ruins probably mark
the site of a Turkish town or village built out of the
spoils of Laodicea. At eleven, after winding over undu-
lating and partly wooded hills, we reached the summit of
the ridge stretching E.N.E. from Sultan Dagh, and form-
ing by its continuation the northern boundary of the plain
of Koniyeh. For some distance the road running south
was carried over the vertical edges of the schistose rocks;
a ruined khan appeared on our left hand, which might
still afford shelter to benighted travellers. After crossing
the high barren ground, and passing several ravines open-
ing into the plain on our left, we traversed for several
miles a dreary upland, descending gently to the great plain
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