266 TREMEELY. 



May 10th. — The temperature of the air this 

 morning at eight, was 55°. We have noted it 

 every morning at this hour, since arriving in 

 the upland country, and found 55° about the 

 average ; its average maximum during the day 

 was 68°, which is several degrees lower than we 

 found it in the valleys of Lower Lycia, nearly 

 two months before. 



From Ebajik we rode to Tremeely, proposing 

 now to retrace the route of Mr. Hoskyn, and 

 follow up his observations at Balbura and 

 Oenoanda. On our way we visited an ancient 

 fortress, of singularly rude construction, crossing 

 a low hill. The walls are three feet thick, and 

 formed of uncemented unhewn stones, of no 

 great size, very irregularly put together. 



Tremeely is a straggling village, at the head 

 of a cultivated plain, girt by well wooded moun- 

 tains. Oaks, planes, elms, willows, and tama- 

 risks, shade the banks of a stream which runs 

 through it. We entered with a welcome, for 

 this was our surigee Nicolo's place of resort during 

 the summer ; he was a Leveesiot shoemaker, 

 clever, and an excellent newsmonger. His Turk- 

 ish friends and customers hailed his coming with 

 evident heartiness, and were disappointed when 



