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much shelter or comfort. It consisted merely 

 of a few planks sloped from the front of a low 

 bank, which, on entering, we found to be a little 

 undermined, to render the interior more capa- 

 cious. Its usual occupants were two donkeys ; 

 these we soon dislodged. The goodwife of our 

 host sent us immediately a goat's-hair carpet, 

 with which, and the help of a fire, its appearance 

 assumed something like comfort. iVbundance of 

 yaoot, eggs, and bread was the next good act 

 of the hostess ; and I had then no reason to com- 

 plain of my fare, nor to regret the circumstance 

 of stumbling upon such hospitable people in the 

 heart of one of the wildest and least-frequented 

 valleys of Lycia. 



" I was soon joined by the heads of the two 

 other Urook families, whose curiosity was greatly 

 excited to know the motive of my visit. They 

 listened attentively to all that Nicolo told them 

 respecting what we had seen in the lower part 

 of the valley, but were very cautious for some 

 time in giving us any information on the ruins 

 and number of villages existing in the upper 

 part. Questions were, as usual, put as to the 

 quantity of money we had found at the ruins 

 we had already visited. Evident glances of 



