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GERAMEH.
[Chap. XLyr.
feet, the Greek cross being- considerably lengthened out.
A few fragments of ornamented capitals were lying about
amidst the ruins, and the remains of another church were
visible on the heights to the north. Continuing along the
foot of these hills, in a W. by N. direction, we reached the
village of Gerameh, behind which a ravine extends to the
north, containing other interesting ruins. Here I particu-
larly remarked a large church in the same style as that
above described, with the remains of interior columns, sup-
porting the arches of the aisles; the windows were small, and
the whole formed a perfect square with a semi-circular bema,
to the east. Near it was another building of massive Hel-
lenic blocks with a handsome facade, but without windows.
It appeared to have been a tomb, probably of the Roman
period, as it resembled those of Hierapolis ; the door was
narrow and low, with a small aperture above it. At a
fountain not far off were several marble and trachytic
columns decorated in the Byzantine style; and in our way
through the village we passed some other buildings, one
of which had an arcade of four arches in front.
After crossing a small plain, about a mile in width, I
had just reached the summit of a low ridge of hills and
was looking at the mountain and surrounding country,
waiting for the rest of the party to join me, when a cloud
of dust, caused by at least a hundred horses and beasts
galloping down the steep sides of the sandy hills at the base
of Mount Argaeus, arrested my attention. My mind being
full of volcanoes and eruptions, my first thought was that
an eruption had broken out at the foot of Argseus, and I
was on the point of starting to examine it. I was suddenly
stopped by the vociferations and angry tones of my Turkish
guards, who declared that it was caused by a large party
of Kurdish freebooters returning from a foray across the
frontier, driving before them the flocks and herds, which
they had been plundering from the mountain valley, and they
insisted on our hurrying down the hill-side out of sight. I was
sorry not to have a nearer view of them, but a visit even to
GERAMEH.
[Chap. XLyr.
feet, the Greek cross being- considerably lengthened out.
A few fragments of ornamented capitals were lying about
amidst the ruins, and the remains of another church were
visible on the heights to the north. Continuing along the
foot of these hills, in a W. by N. direction, we reached the
village of Gerameh, behind which a ravine extends to the
north, containing other interesting ruins. Here I particu-
larly remarked a large church in the same style as that
above described, with the remains of interior columns, sup-
porting the arches of the aisles; the windows were small, and
the whole formed a perfect square with a semi-circular bema,
to the east. Near it was another building of massive Hel-
lenic blocks with a handsome facade, but without windows.
It appeared to have been a tomb, probably of the Roman
period, as it resembled those of Hierapolis ; the door was
narrow and low, with a small aperture above it. At a
fountain not far off were several marble and trachytic
columns decorated in the Byzantine style; and in our way
through the village we passed some other buildings, one
of which had an arcade of four arches in front.
After crossing a small plain, about a mile in width, I
had just reached the summit of a low ridge of hills and
was looking at the mountain and surrounding country,
waiting for the rest of the party to join me, when a cloud
of dust, caused by at least a hundred horses and beasts
galloping down the steep sides of the sandy hills at the base
of Mount Argaeus, arrested my attention. My mind being
full of volcanoes and eruptions, my first thought was that
an eruption had broken out at the foot of Argseus, and I
was on the point of starting to examine it. I was suddenly
stopped by the vociferations and angry tones of my Turkish
guards, who declared that it was caused by a large party
of Kurdish freebooters returning from a foray across the
frontier, driving before them the flocks and herds, which
they had been plundering from the mountain valley, and they
insisted on our hurrying down the hill-side out of sight. I was
sorry not to have a nearer view of them, but a visit even to