22 JOURNEY TO SERHGHE. 



liari : it was in a very romantic pass in the 

 mountains, and very high up. We went 

 on about an hour, and came to an Urook en- 

 campment, near which we halted for the night 

 under a tree. This was in a more open plain 

 than Karamouhari, and was called Akmouhari. 

 The next morning we proceeded early on our 

 way, and after about an hour and a half reached 

 the top of the pass, from whence there was 

 a splendid view to the north-west, looking all 

 over the mountains ; among which I presume 

 were Sagalassus, and Fellows' Selge. Here we 

 had to descend a little, and rise again to another 

 series of huts called Karagatch ; where we halted 

 for several hours, in order to induce a very old 

 man, who would not start in the middle of the 

 day, to accompany us to Serhghe. Among these 

 mountaineers, who had never seen a Frank before, 

 we learnt that there were chok ruins at Serhghe. 

 In consequence of our delay, we did not reach 

 them that night, but proceeded to the very 

 summit of the pass of the great ridge of Boz- 

 boroom, which lay immediately north of us: 

 the waters which we had left passing towards the 

 Cestrus, i. e. on the western side of the ridge, 

 and the waters to which we were coming, run- 



