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1. THE GATE OF PHRYGIA. 3
there are, as Pococke says, ' several sources rising on the south side of
the river and in the very bed of it V This was the site of the ancient
Karoura. On the Avest side of Tekke-Keui, and close under the
alluvial hills, are several other hot springs, Kirkaz-Hammam (a small
lake of hot liquid mud, bluish in colour), Inn-Hammam, and Kab-
Agatch-Hammam2. See p. 162 f.
On the alluvial hills to the south, which contain stretches of rich
land, were situated several ancient cities, Kidramos, Attouda, Trapezo-
polis; and a number of villages, some of large size, like Kadi-Keui,
(which is a mudurlik, and a manufacturing centre) are scattered over
it. This country is distinguished and separated from the level
Maeander valley by its natural character; and travellers have often
gone up and down the valley without observing this other country
with its population. The water-courses which rush down from
Salbakos have cut for themselves deep canons with precipitous sides
in the soft alluvial hills ; and these make travelling very difficult and
tedious; hence the country has remained almost unknown to modern
travellers. See p. 159 f.
§ 2. Scenery of the Lycos Valley. On the north bank a spur
of Messogis narrows the valley for a distance of eight or nine miles,
leaving scanty space between the river and the hills. As the traveller
goes on to the east and comes opposite to Serai-Keui, which lies a mile
south of the Maeander, the spur ends, and he finds himself in the
open Lycos valley"'. with a striking prospect before him. The valley
is roughly triangular in form 4. It is bounded on the north-east side
by a ridge, which for want of a recognized name we term the moun-
tains of Mossyna5. In front of them is a terrace rising some hundreds
of feet above the level plain; and about the middle of the terrace
the white rocks of ' Cotton-Castle,' Panibuk-Kalessi, the ancient
Hierapolis, stand out gleaming in the sunshine. On the south, the
lofty ridge of Salbakos, and the still loftier mass of Cadmos (Khonas-
1 These springs in the river are indi- close to the broken bridge,
cated also in the Ottoman Railway Sur- - Kab-Agatch is a village two miles
vey. Pococke goes on to say that W.N.W. from Tekke-Keui, close under
' opposite [i. e. north of the river] on the southern hills.
the side of the hill is another hot-water 3 He stands on the road about 550 feet
spring, from which a smoke or steam above sea-level.
arises as from the others; the hills are * The recent journey of Kubitschek
of a red colour.' He obviously means and Reichel will probably add much to
the ' Red-Glen,' Kizil-Dere. Chandler's our knowledge.
description of phenomena like those B The highest part is a broad flat hill
of Kizil-Dere refers to the springs of called Kotchelek- or Tchukalek-Dagh,
Karoura, though he puts his springs 5,871 feet.
B 3
there are, as Pococke says, ' several sources rising on the south side of
the river and in the very bed of it V This was the site of the ancient
Karoura. On the Avest side of Tekke-Keui, and close under the
alluvial hills, are several other hot springs, Kirkaz-Hammam (a small
lake of hot liquid mud, bluish in colour), Inn-Hammam, and Kab-
Agatch-Hammam2. See p. 162 f.
On the alluvial hills to the south, which contain stretches of rich
land, were situated several ancient cities, Kidramos, Attouda, Trapezo-
polis; and a number of villages, some of large size, like Kadi-Keui,
(which is a mudurlik, and a manufacturing centre) are scattered over
it. This country is distinguished and separated from the level
Maeander valley by its natural character; and travellers have often
gone up and down the valley without observing this other country
with its population. The water-courses which rush down from
Salbakos have cut for themselves deep canons with precipitous sides
in the soft alluvial hills ; and these make travelling very difficult and
tedious; hence the country has remained almost unknown to modern
travellers. See p. 159 f.
§ 2. Scenery of the Lycos Valley. On the north bank a spur
of Messogis narrows the valley for a distance of eight or nine miles,
leaving scanty space between the river and the hills. As the traveller
goes on to the east and comes opposite to Serai-Keui, which lies a mile
south of the Maeander, the spur ends, and he finds himself in the
open Lycos valley"'. with a striking prospect before him. The valley
is roughly triangular in form 4. It is bounded on the north-east side
by a ridge, which for want of a recognized name we term the moun-
tains of Mossyna5. In front of them is a terrace rising some hundreds
of feet above the level plain; and about the middle of the terrace
the white rocks of ' Cotton-Castle,' Panibuk-Kalessi, the ancient
Hierapolis, stand out gleaming in the sunshine. On the south, the
lofty ridge of Salbakos, and the still loftier mass of Cadmos (Khonas-
1 These springs in the river are indi- close to the broken bridge,
cated also in the Ottoman Railway Sur- - Kab-Agatch is a village two miles
vey. Pococke goes on to say that W.N.W. from Tekke-Keui, close under
' opposite [i. e. north of the river] on the southern hills.
the side of the hill is another hot-water 3 He stands on the road about 550 feet
spring, from which a smoke or steam above sea-level.
arises as from the others; the hills are * The recent journey of Kubitschek
of a red colour.' He obviously means and Reichel will probably add much to
the ' Red-Glen,' Kizil-Dere. Chandler's our knowledge.
description of phenomena like those B The highest part is a broad flat hill
of Kizil-Dere refers to the springs of called Kotchelek- or Tchukalek-Dagh,
Karoura, though he puts his springs 5,871 feet.
B 3