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MAltMARICE TO MTJGHLA. 025
the company of Captain William Heath, 11.N.,
then commanding the " Medusa."
We left Marmarice at 9.15. Our road lay
nearly north. The earlier part of it led up to a
mountain-pass. The scenery was very picturesque.
The sides of the hills were covered with the pitch-pine.
On the left we passed two high hills, the first called
Gurt Bek, the second Bel Bashy. At 10.30 we crossed
a high ridge. On descending we came into a valley
formed hy alluvial deposit. Here was a Khan called
Dasha Khan, which we reached at 11.30. Near
this Khan I noticed a wall of Hellenic masonry,
built with squared blocks, at a place called Yelgin.
At 12.10 we passed an old castle on a hill on the
left called Alten Sevrissy. At 12.30 we forded
the river Gheli Bourla. The natural channel is
about thirty yards wide, but in rainy weather the
stream fills the whole of the valley. At this
ford arc the ruins of a bridge. This river flows
into the gulf of Djova. At 3.30 we got upon a
causeway marked in the Admiralty Chart as an
"ancient paved road." This leads through a low
alluvial plain to Djova. The first part of this
road passes through a swampy tract covered witlv
thickets. In crossing this swamp I noticed a
large block with a socket worked in it, as if it
had received the hin^e of a door. This was of
ancient workmanship. We arrived at Djova at
5.30 p.m. Here are two or three houses on the
shore, one of which is the residence of the quaran-
tine officer.
The anchorage at Djova is good, but the situa-
the company of Captain William Heath, 11.N.,
then commanding the " Medusa."
We left Marmarice at 9.15. Our road lay
nearly north. The earlier part of it led up to a
mountain-pass. The scenery was very picturesque.
The sides of the hills were covered with the pitch-pine.
On the left we passed two high hills, the first called
Gurt Bek, the second Bel Bashy. At 10.30 we crossed
a high ridge. On descending we came into a valley
formed hy alluvial deposit. Here was a Khan called
Dasha Khan, which we reached at 11.30. Near
this Khan I noticed a wall of Hellenic masonry,
built with squared blocks, at a place called Yelgin.
At 12.10 we passed an old castle on a hill on the
left called Alten Sevrissy. At 12.30 we forded
the river Gheli Bourla. The natural channel is
about thirty yards wide, but in rainy weather the
stream fills the whole of the valley. At this
ford arc the ruins of a bridge. This river flows
into the gulf of Djova. At 3.30 we got upon a
causeway marked in the Admiralty Chart as an
"ancient paved road." This leads through a low
alluvial plain to Djova. The first part of this
road passes through a swampy tract covered witlv
thickets. In crossing this swamp I noticed a
large block with a socket worked in it, as if it
had received the hin^e of a door. This was of
ancient workmanship. We arrived at Djova at
5.30 p.m. Here are two or three houses on the
shore, one of which is the residence of the quaran-
tine officer.
The anchorage at Djova is good, but the situa-