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zation that it would have been better to 
trust the sky than the rapids. But we 
came safely back to the huts early in the 
evening. 
On the seventh of November I col- 
lected about the rocks just above Crab 
Falls. Here I succeeded again in get- 
ting fishes with hiari that could have 
been secured in no other way. At one 
point the bank is piled with huge blocks 
of stone. To dislodge the fishes from 
between them would have been impossi- 
ble in any ordinary way. We pounded 
some hiari roots and washed them into 
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the swift current that was flowing to- 
wards the rocks. At once some species 
came to the surface, straight up without 
attempt to escape. Several species were 
dislodged, including an electric eel. We 
repeatedly got it into our dipnet and it 
as often got out again, without, however, 
making any co-ordinated movement to 
escape irom the reach of the met: it 
proved too slippery, however, and got 
away. When the boat came by from 
Tumatumari we loaded my effects into 
it and I left the region of the Potaro and 
upper Essequibo. 
PECULIAR CAVES OF ASIA MINOR 
By ExvizaBetH H. BREWER 
With Photos by the Author 
EW travelers have visited the Trog- 
kK lodyte dwellings of Asia Minor, 
not because they are lacking in 
interest, but because traveling in that 
country is not easy. There are two or 
three short railroads near the coast, and 
one from Constantinople to Konieh (the 
ancient Iconium), a road which will 
ultimately extend to Bagdad. But if you 
wish to see the interior of the country, 
it must be either on horseback or by car- 
riage. There are several fair wagon 
roads, but often you must mount your 
horse, climb mountains, ford rivers, and 
wander through forests. Many times 
the path is discernible only a few steps 
in advance. Another inconvenience of 
travel is the necessity of taking all things 
needful for man and beast—such things 
as bed and bedding, cooking utensils, and 
food. 
A few summers ago I was in E’verek, 
a large town at the foot of Mt. Argzeus 
and about 150 miles from the Mediter- 
ranean Sea, near Tarsus. To the south 
of Argzeus is a wide plain, opening from 
which toward the west run several nar- 
row vallevs. Two of these, Soghanli 
Dene (valleys) and Uretb) Dee, have 
many traces of the early or earliest in- 
habitants. I had planned to visit the 
former valley, but my foreign escort 
failed; and, the region not being very 
safe, I decided to go to the better-known 
valley of Urgub. 
It was something of an undertaking to 
go on a four days’ trip away from regu- 
lar lines of travel with only a young 
Armenian teacher and his father; but as 
there were no other obstacles in the way, 
I went. Although it was past the middle 
of September, the sun at noonday was 
very hot. Therefore we started soon 
after 5 a. m., and rode through the 
narrow, stony streets of Everek, then 
around the base of Mt. Argeus (Erjias 
Dagh). The grand old mountain towered 
high into the air, the highest point in 
Asia Minor (13,100 feet). The summer 
sun had melted all the snow on its south- 
ern side, so only bare rocks remained. 
The ascent did not look very steep, yet 
I was told by one familiar with Alpine 
climbing that this is more difficult than 
that. 
Our little caravan had somewhat in- 
creased, and consisted of my young 
guide and his father, large men mounted 
on little donkeys; another Armenian and 
his son, and a Turk, these three taking 
