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76 AN EXCURSION IN PHRYGIA
in making such underground channels for water.
I once saw one of these workmen engaged in ar-
ranging the water-supply for a village in Banaz-Ova :
he had nearly finished the work, but as it was still
incomplete I had the opportunity of seeing great
part of the aqueduct. It was apparently an old
channel, which had been broken ; and until the
repairs were completed the village had to carry all
its water from the break, about half a mile away,
while the new fountain in which the aqueduct was
to end, was as yet quite dry.
XI. From Synnada to Tatarli, at the north-east
end of the long valley called in ancient times
Metropolitanus Campus, and now Turkmen-Ova or
Tchul-Ova,1 is six hours due south by the horse
road over the hills, and eight hours by the araba
road. As we had traversed in 1881 the easy road
round the eastern end of the rough ridge, which,
stretching out from the lofty volcanic mountains
west of Synnada, separates the Synnada valley
from that of Metropolis, I determined this time to
take the horse road.
Our road led through or near a series of villages,
almost all of which contain numerous traces of
ancient life. Most of these villages I had visited
in October, 1881 ; and on this occasion I did not
find any new inscription, till we entered a glen that
1 The shape of the valley suggested the name tchul (sack).
in making such underground channels for water.
I once saw one of these workmen engaged in ar-
ranging the water-supply for a village in Banaz-Ova :
he had nearly finished the work, but as it was still
incomplete I had the opportunity of seeing great
part of the aqueduct. It was apparently an old
channel, which had been broken ; and until the
repairs were completed the village had to carry all
its water from the break, about half a mile away,
while the new fountain in which the aqueduct was
to end, was as yet quite dry.
XI. From Synnada to Tatarli, at the north-east
end of the long valley called in ancient times
Metropolitanus Campus, and now Turkmen-Ova or
Tchul-Ova,1 is six hours due south by the horse
road over the hills, and eight hours by the araba
road. As we had traversed in 1881 the easy road
round the eastern end of the rough ridge, which,
stretching out from the lofty volcanic mountains
west of Synnada, separates the Synnada valley
from that of Metropolis, I determined this time to
take the horse road.
Our road led through or near a series of villages,
almost all of which contain numerous traces of
ancient life. Most of these villages I had visited
in October, 1881 ; and on this occasion I did not
find any new inscription, till we entered a glen that
1 The shape of the valley suggested the name tchul (sack).