CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 



ACROSS THE TAURUS. 



Difficulties of travel iu the winter— An Eastern road—Th^ Axylon 

 plateau— Off the road at night— Eregli— Through the Taurus 

 mountains— The defile at Bozanti— A pleasant Christmas !— A 

 silver mine — Death of a Icaimakam—Bdidi weather — The Cilician 

 Gates— An ancient highway of nations— The trac^ of the future 

 railway not through the Gates— Reach the Cilician plain and 

 Mersina ,...•••• 34 



CHAPTER IV. 



CILICIA. 



Cilicia, ancient and modern— Mersina, a typical seaport of the Near 

 East— Natural disadvantages as a port— The ancient harbour of 

 Tarsus— The ruins at Soli Pompeiopolis— St Paul's Institute at 

 Tarsus— Course of the Cydnus diverted by Justinian— The Dinek 

 Tash— Fallacy of the legend that it is the tomb of Sardanapalus 

 —Relics at Tarsus— The site of the ancient capital— Adana, 

 capital of Cilicia— Description of— Population of— The American 

 mission — Turkish rule — Want of public works — Instances of 

 official corruption— The cotton industry— Climate— Leave Adana 

 — Ruined castles — A gorgeous sunset — Nature of Eastern Cilicia 

 — Across the Giaour Dagh — Excavations at Zingerli — Reach 

 Aleppo .....••• *^ 



CHAPTER V. 



ALEPPO TO DEIR-EL-ZOR. 



Aleppo — Its bazaars — Population — Importance as a distributing 

 centre— More tales of Turkish administration— Routes between 

 Aleppo and Mossul— The northern route— The southern route— 

 The proposed railway route — Internal disorder — Reason for 

 travelling by southern route — Start from Aleppo — Nature of 

 country— A long march and a scanty dinner— Meskineh— The 

 lands of the Euphrates— Historical interest of the river banks— 

 Deir — A visit from a Turkish colonel — I secure an escort— 

 Road-making— The disadvantages of an absence of road . 53 



CHAPTER VL 



THE DESERT. 



Crossing the Euphrates — The monotonous desolation of the country 

 —A surprise— A band of Arab marauders— A peaceful conclusion 



