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fifth Phineka, with thirteen ; sixth Avova, with 

 sixteen ; seventh Boudjak, with twenty-four ; 

 eighth Kazil Khiar, with eleven ; ninth Sereek, 

 with thirty-six : in all two hundred and sixty 

 villages, and about a hundred thousand inha- 

 bitants, six or eight thousand of whom are 

 Urooks.'* 



The late Pacha, Nedgib, appears to have been 

 an enlightened and energetic man, anxious for 

 the improvement of the province he governed. 

 Adalia is approached by three broad carriage 

 roads, each four or five miles long, projected, 

 and in part constructed, under his superintend- 

 ance. These he proposed to continue into the 

 heart of the country, but unfortunately died before 

 his plans could be carried into effect ; he left a 

 bequest towards the completion of the works then 

 in progress. These roads, rarities of their kind 

 in Turkey, remain honourable monuments of the 

 public spirit of the Pacha, who had the repu- 

 tation of being a good engineer. The skill and 

 wisdom he displayed in the construction of them, 

 are scarcely appreciated by his successor. Ned- 

 gib, at the time of our visit, had been dead 



* Information communicated by J. Purdie, Esq. H.B.M 

 Consul at Adalia. 



