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zoom, a place often mentioned to us as containing 

 many ruins; but here the people pretended igno- 

 rance about them, from some vague suspicions 

 respecting the motives of our inquiries. A young 

 Turk, who spoke Greek, however, told us, when 

 alone, that there were extensive ruins at Hor- 

 zoom, which the people of the place did not like 

 showing to strangers. Here we met, to the great 

 delight of our surrigees, some Leveesy Greeks, 

 who, now that the mountain-passes were open, were 

 travelling over the country, hawking goods among 

 the upland villages, and plying the trade of papa- 

 gees, L e. shoemakers. They are welcomed every- 

 where, serving as living newspapers as well as arti- 

 zans, and the distinction of religion seems to 

 make no difference in the hearty reception they 

 meet with from the Turkish country-people. 



May bth. — One hour after leaving Tenger for 

 Horzoom, we crossed the rivulet flowing through 

 the valley. It is a clear mountain-brook twenty 

 feet broad, and one foot deep, and was the first 

 stream we met in this part of the country having 

 a westerly course. This must be the Cau lares. 

 The mountain of Rahat-dagh, and its branching 

 ridges separate the streams which fall into Pam- 

 phylia, from those which find their way to the sea 



