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wood. About two years ago, one-third of it was de- 

 stroyed by fire, and I noticed several stone buildings 

 being erected on the site of the wooden houses that 

 had been burnt down. I noticed too that the work- 

 men employed on these buildings were all Europeans, 



PORTION OF THE TOWN OF OUCHAK; INTERIOR OF ASIA MINOR; 

 WITH LARGE GRAVEYARD IN THE FOREGROUND 



Greeks, and Italians, and therefore imagine that the 

 native Turks are not capable of putting up anything 

 but rough wooden buildings. The streets of Ouchak 

 were at the time of my visit in such a wretched con- 

 dition that I doubt if they could ever have been 

 repaired since the city was founded. Luckily, at 



