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seven hundred feet. That of Almalee is the 

 most southern, and Stenez is the most extensive. 

 From a mountain summit near the village, we 

 commanded a view over great part of this elevat- 

 ed table- land. At the northern extremity of the 

 plain, we saw a lake called Kazilka Bazaar Gule, 

 close to and beyond which rose some high moun- 

 tains bordering on Sagalassus. The summits 

 of these were so high as to be thickly covered 

 with snow at this season. The snow melts on 

 the mountains between them and Bay-dagh 

 soon after March. The whole of this country 

 constituted the ancient province of Milyas, de- 

 scribed by Strabo as the mountainous district 

 extending from the passes of Termessus to the 

 district of Apameia, inhabited by the Solymi. 

 It is about fifty miles long, by ten broad, lying 

 in the heart of the Taurus, capable of great 

 fertility, but at present cultivated only at a 

 few detached spots. Its aspect is bare, sterile, 

 cheerless, and unpicturesque. 



We remained three nights and two days at 

 Stenez, examining the neighbouring country. 

 One day was spent in seeking for ruins report- 

 ed to exist in the north-eastern part of the 

 plain, but which proved to be only the remains 



