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VALLEY OF KARA HISSAR.
[Chap, xi.vii.
CHAPTER XLVII.
Ruins in Soanli Dere, anc. Soandus—Extensive Caves—Zengi Bar_Misli—
Nigdeb — Andaval, anc. Andabalis—Bor—Kiz Hissar, or Kilis Hissar, auc.
Tyana—Fountain of Asmabscus.
Tuesday, August 1.—Having learnt that there were some
interesting and extensive ruins to be seen at a place called
Soanli Dere, about eight miles from Kara Hissar to the
S.W., I started early this morning for the purpose of ex-
ploring them. Leaving the town to the left, we entered a
rich and well-cultivated valley, watered by the stream
which supplies the gardens below, and in which, as we
gradually ascended along its banks, we found more water
at every step. The cultivation, however, does not ex-
tend far up the sides of the valley, being limited by the
height to which irrigation can be conveniently carried.
The hills at first consisted of stratified beds of sand and
gravel, dipping S.E., and containing boulders and pebbles
of quartz, basalt, trachyte, &c, evidently derived from the
hills to the west; but as we advanced we came upon a
formation of pink and yellow peperite and pumiceous tuff,
with beds of coarse conglomerate, and masses of quartz
resinite. This tuff continued the whole way to Soanli Dere,
trap rocks occasionally appearing in the bottom of the
valley. A very remarkable instance of this occurred close
to the bed of the river, three miles above Kara Hissar,
where a mass of greenstone is penetrated in various direc-
tions by large and small veins of grey granite, diverging
in various directions. Our course had hitherto been nearly
W. or W. by S., but after the third mile the river coming
from the south makes a sudden bend; we therefore quitted
VALLEY OF KARA HISSAR.
[Chap, xi.vii.
CHAPTER XLVII.
Ruins in Soanli Dere, anc. Soandus—Extensive Caves—Zengi Bar_Misli—
Nigdeb — Andaval, anc. Andabalis—Bor—Kiz Hissar, or Kilis Hissar, auc.
Tyana—Fountain of Asmabscus.
Tuesday, August 1.—Having learnt that there were some
interesting and extensive ruins to be seen at a place called
Soanli Dere, about eight miles from Kara Hissar to the
S.W., I started early this morning for the purpose of ex-
ploring them. Leaving the town to the left, we entered a
rich and well-cultivated valley, watered by the stream
which supplies the gardens below, and in which, as we
gradually ascended along its banks, we found more water
at every step. The cultivation, however, does not ex-
tend far up the sides of the valley, being limited by the
height to which irrigation can be conveniently carried.
The hills at first consisted of stratified beds of sand and
gravel, dipping S.E., and containing boulders and pebbles
of quartz, basalt, trachyte, &c, evidently derived from the
hills to the west; but as we advanced we came upon a
formation of pink and yellow peperite and pumiceous tuff,
with beds of coarse conglomerate, and masses of quartz
resinite. This tuff continued the whole way to Soanli Dere,
trap rocks occasionally appearing in the bottom of the
valley. A very remarkable instance of this occurred close
to the bed of the river, three miles above Kara Hissar,
where a mass of greenstone is penetrated in various direc-
tions by large and small veins of grey granite, diverging
in various directions. Our course had hitherto been nearly
W. or W. by S., but after the third mile the river coming
from the south makes a sudden bend; we therefore quitted