24 SPORT AND TRAVEL 



Fineka. This road, connecting El Maly with the sea- 

 board, must have been made at a great expense by 

 the Turkish government not very long ago, and was. 

 I believe, intended for the use of carts and waggons, 

 and also for the transport of artillery and military 

 stores. At any rate, when first made it must have 

 been a broad, well-metalled road, suitable for wheeled 

 vehicles of any kind. But once made, it was left to 

 fate, and has never been kept up or repaired in any 

 way. The consequence is, that at the time of my visit 

 it was only fit for camel transport, as it had been so 

 severely mauled by the overflow of streams rushing 

 down from the mountain sides as to be impassable for 

 anything on wheels. In one place, a cutting ten feet 

 deep and six feet broad had been made clean through 

 the road by a sudden rush of water down what was 

 ordinarily a dry gully; whilst at another a large pine- 

 tree had fallen across it about a year previously, and 

 of course had never been removed. Wherever these 

 gaps and obstructions occur, the camel track makes 

 a detour, so that this once well-made road is fast 

 assuming the zigzag appearance of a Kafir footpath. 



Between Bashkos and Port Fineka we saw some 

 very curious tombs and temples cut out of the solid 

 rock. They must, I imagine, date back to a very 

 early period of Greek civilisation. On reaching Port 

 Fineka, and finding that I could get round to the 

 Musa Dagh more easily by sea than overland, I 

 decided to send my escort and the baggage ponies 



