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tion of the road, to conduct us to Saaret. Our 

 route was now nearly due east, along the side 

 of the mountain, about a thousand feet above 

 the coast, which is bold and abrupt along the 

 whole line for several miles. The summit of 

 this steep mountain is crested with barren crags, 

 and the sides are scantily clad with low shrubs 

 that find root between the crevices of the rocks. 

 Here and there we passed two or three solitary 

 fenced uncultivated acres, adjoining which was 

 the black tent of the Turkoman proprietor. 

 After travelling for three hours over a road as 

 bad as it was possible for road to be, we reached 

 the village of Sedek, consisting of about twenty 

 huts. One of them from being white-washed we 

 recognised to be the village mosque, but it pre- 

 sented no other mark to distinguish it from its 

 neighbours. Stopping here only a few moments 

 to inquire our way, we examined a sarcophagus 

 which had an inscribed tablet ; but the inscription 

 was too illegible to be made out. Opposite to 

 it, on the other side of the road, stands a small 

 Hellenic ruin, apparently a square tower or mau- 

 soleum. It now forms part of a Turkish cottage. 

 Whilst examining it, a little Turkish boy informed 

 us of some ruins on the back of the ridge above. 



