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ASIA MINOR. 



important. The first Greek inscription we saw was in the wall of a 

 shop in the Bazar ; it was broken and defaced. 



. OI1ATHP. . * 

 TOMNHMA . 

 2EAAKPYHN 

 TAIOD 



We crossed the Ene Dere Sou, or river of Ene, by a bridge, in the 

 building of which a number of ancient granite columns had been 

 employed. We found a sarcophagus, now converted into the cistern 

 of a fountain with an imperfect inscription ; the form of its letters 

 was not more ancient than the time of the first Caesars. It merely 

 contains the usual fine to be imposed on any one who shall dare to 

 put the bones of any person into it, except of him for whom it was 

 made. At a public fountain near one of the mosques of Ene are two 

 beautiful ancient marble capitals of the Corinthian order placed be- 

 neath a sarcophagus, now used as a cistern. There are many granite 

 columns in the Turkish burying ground. These, we were told, had 

 been brought from some ruins about twelve miles distant. 



Ene is a large town, consisting of about 800 families, mostly Turks, 

 who carry on a small manufactory of yellow leather. The boys of 

 the town followed us in crowds, but did not behave in the least de- 

 gree rudely. At a little past three in the afternoon we left Ene and 

 its hospitable Aga ; keeping the river on our left, we proceeded on 

 our journey to Mount Kaz-Dag, passing a village called Kozoul Keui. 

 About five miles from Ene we came to a rivulet called Baloukli Dere 

 Sou, and a mile further to another called Tchourmagee, both of which 

 fall into the Mendere Sou ; we then passed a farm-house or Tchiflick 

 of Hadim Oglou, and about fourteen miles from Ene we reached 

 Bairamitchr, the ancient seat of Hadim Oglou's ancestors. Here we 

 were lodged and well received. The house is so large that we counted 

 twenty-seven rooms opening into the principal gallery. 



This town and the district for some miles round it, have the air of 

 riches and independence : well cultivated fields, good fences, sub- 



