PECULIAR CAVES OF ASIA MINOR 
This is a volcanic region and the lay- 
ers of rock are of different degrees 
of hardness. During the centuries the 
soiter material has worn away, leaving, 
aoe Loressor  oterkett Says, tens Ox 
thousands of more or less isolated cone: 
and cone pyramids. It is known that a 
chamber 25 feet long, 13 feet broad, ana 
10 feet high was excavated by a single 
workman in 30 days.” 
A half hour further brought us to the 
little village of Garin; the houses were 
mostly cones, two being especially large 
and fine looking. We counted 10 or 12 
tiers of windows. I was extremely 
anxious to enter these dwellings, but 
this was a Moslem village, and we at- 
tracted so much attention that my com- 
panions were absolutely unwilling to 
have me tarry at all. We crossed the 
valley and passed one or two large iso- 
lated cones, of which I took photo- 
graphs. They were evidently used for 
storehouses. 
About noon we reached Boshkeni 
(head village), where we had passed 
the first night. It was daylight now and 
people came in crowds to see the strange 
sight. I sat on the porch, sheltered from 
too near approach, but on a little rise of 
ground in front the women and children 
gathered. I ate my lunch, arranged my 
hair, and washed my hands, to the great 
astonishment of the watchers. One of 
my companions came in at that moment 
and was about to speak to the women. 
“Don’t scold us,” they said; “don’t drive 
us away; we only want to look.” For 
once I felt like Barnum’s greatest show, 
but I did not object to their looking and 
took the opportunity myself to snap as 
many of them as possible with my 
camera. 
It was just at the season of wheat 
harvest, and many large threshing-floors 
were crowded together near the village. 
In one place the oxen were treading 
out the wheat; in another a man or a 
woman was tossing it into the air to let 
the wind carry away the chaff, and in 
still another place some were putting 
the good grain into bags. A high wind 
so completely covered us with chaff that 
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we were obliged to wait until the shower 
haa -topped. 
From naere we retraced our steps to- 
ward Everek; up the hill, then down, 
down again to the valley. 
As we rested by the way two Circas- 
sians passed us. I had heard so many 
stories of Circassians that, although as- 
sured these men were friendly, | was 
glad when they were gone. It was al- 
most dark when we encamped for the 
night in one of the many sheepfolds on 
the edge of the plain. Stones were piled 
at the entrance so that we could not 
easily be disturbed. My bed was spread 
near the wall, with my good horse, 
Charlemagne, not far away, and there 
under the light of the stars, with this 
strange company, the night passed. Be- 
fore daybreak we were crossing the salt 
plain, and by noon, hot, tired, and 
sleepy, we gladly welcomed the shelter of 
friends at Everek. 
THE SPEEDIEST BOAT 
HROUGH the courtesy of Dr. 
Alexander Graham Bell and Mr. 
F. W. Baldwin, the Nationa, GEo- 
GRAPHIC MacGaAziIneE publishes illustra- 
tions on pages 876-877 of perhaps the 
most unusual craft afloat, the hydroplane 
boat of Mr. Forlanini. In this motor- 
boat Dr. Bell recently traveled 45 miles 
an hour on Lake Maggiore, Italy. 
The new Italian hydroplane is de- 
scribed by its inventor, Enrico Forlanini, 
of Milan, as follows: * 
“The apparatus has been patented 
under the name of appareccio 1drovo- 
lante (apparatus for hydroplaning). It 
constitutes true hydraulic flight, the ap- 
paratus being sustained by the water in 
the same manner that birds and aéro- 
planes are sustained in the air; that is to 
say, by the dynamic reaction of the water 
on the superfices or planes attached to 
the hull of the hydroplanes, most of 
these planes remaining completely out of 
the water while the machine is in action. 
“The idea of using the dynamic reac- 
tion of the water is not new, but up to 
* Quoted from the New York Evening Post. 
