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point of our road; here there are also fortifi- 

 cations, apparently of modern erection ; the 

 place is called Tchandeer Oglou. We passed 

 many families on route from Adalia to the 

 mountain plains for the summer. The rain 

 ceased, and a cold north wind set in. The 

 scenery had completely changed from that we 

 had lately quitted. Rugged and bare mountain- 

 tops rose here and there above extensive treeless 

 plains, — their flat surface broken only by an occa- 

 sional stunted shrub. Several of these plains were 

 higher than others. They were separated by 

 low rocky ridges, and communicated by narrow 

 defiles, in several instances defended by towers 

 of Hellenic architecture. The most extensive 

 was the last we reached, and it stretched 

 between twenty and thirty miles northwards. It 

 is bounded by the back of Bay-dagh, whose snowy 

 summit rises from the southern extremity of this 

 elevated table-land. The vegetation was here 

 three weeks behind that of the low country. At 

 sunset, believing that Stenez, our destination for 

 the night, must be close at hand, we sent Pag- 

 niotti forward to prepare a lodging. Night came, 

 however, without any sign of the village, and 

 hungry, tired, and shivering, from the intensity 



