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as to make it amount to an eighth, instead of the legal tenth of the 

 harvest. 



On the 12th of March we left Bounarbashi, having the citadel and 

 its ruins on oui left, and Udjek Tepe the supposed tomb of ^syetes 

 on our right, or towards the west ; about a mile and a half from 

 Bounarbashi we came to a mound of earth called by our guides 

 Arabia Tepessi. It is flat on the top ; and there were traces of some 

 former structure on it. The river Mendere runs close by Arapla, 

 and its course here is very picturesque ; the craggy precipices of 

 Kara-Dag form one of its banks, and the adjoining valley was full 

 of wild-flowers, and the side of the stream abounded with oleanders, 

 olive-trees, and myrtles. An island made at this place by the 

 divided current had many cattle grazing on it. We were still ac- 

 companied by Mustapha, who had brought with him from Bounarbashi 

 a fine greyhound. This favourite dog had warm clothing like a 

 trained race-horse*; the tip of his tail and ears, and some spots of 

 his back were stained with a scarlet or deep orange colour ; a dye 

 used now, as in earlier times by the Turks. Their beards are often 

 ornamented with it ; and we see it frequently applied to the nails of 

 the finsers and feet of the Turkish women. It is taken from the 

 Lawsonia inermis. ;: i . • . ... -, 



Our road led us along the course of the Mendere Sou through a 

 rich and extensive valley ; a lofty wooden bridge on stone piers here 

 crossed the river. The mountainous tract of Cebrenia was to the 

 East. At about nine miles from Bounarbashi, the top of Kaz-Dag 

 or Gargarus again came in view, and this nearer prospect of its 

 snows and height made us almost despair of being able to reach its 

 summit. 



* Dr. Clarke observed " the dogs near Katarina in Thessaly, making a singular 

 appearance, wearing body-clothes." T. 3. 



