20 KAPAK. 



they being usually hollowed out of blocks of 

 the scaglia, which is the stone of the country. 

 We found also a built tomb, with an inscription 

 which proved that this place had been the scala 

 or port of Sidyma. 



From this point we made our way over high 

 mountains to a scene of the greatest grandeur. 

 A gigantic ravine wound a serpentine course into 

 the very heart of Cragus, its mural sides formed 

 of enormous precipices, their summits crowned 

 with pines, and their faces strangely streaked, like 

 painted giants, with bright yellow and jet-black. 

 They towered above us to the very snow, in some 

 places overhanging, whilst a great gulf opened 

 beneath the narrow path or ledge on which we 

 travelled. For two hours our road lay through 

 this grand scene. It was dark before we wound 

 our way out of it, and reached the village of 

 Kapak, where we were to rest for the night. 

 A man in authority had arrived there before us 

 and occupied the public quarters, but a little 

 palaver settled us comfortably in the midst of the 

 Turkish party, who all behaved very civilly and 

 friendly. The next day (14th January) we de- 

 voted to a search after some reported ruins, 

 and to a visit to a large built tomb with an in- 



