272 PASS OF KATARA. 



lected as the position of an important city. A 

 shepherd and his son, and an Urook family, who 

 arrived the day after ns, were all its inhabitants 

 at the time of our visit. 



May 12th. — Part of this day was spent at Bal- 

 bura, and part in the journey from thence to 

 Ooruloojah, the site of Oenoanda. Our way 

 lay through a rocky gorge, opening into an ex- 

 tensive valley about five hundred feet lower than 

 that of Katara. This valley is bounded by high 

 mountains ; it contains several villages, some of 

 which are permanently inhabited, and others the 

 yailahs of villages in the valley of the Xanthus. 

 The rocky pass is called the Katara Boguez. 

 An ancient paved road leads through it. The 

 cedar-juniper is the prevailing tree on it, sup- 

 planting the pine. The length of our journey 

 was six hours and a half; when we reached a 

 circular plain, which is the yailah of the villages 

 of Deuvar and Saydeleer, both in the valley of 

 the Xanthus. We halted at a konak belong- 

 ing to the Mookasil of Leveesy, now unoccu- 

 pied and going to ruin. On a hill about a mile 

 eastwards of it, were the remains of some ancient 

 building, apparently a temple, and a single rock 

 tomb of ancient aspect, but without any inscrip- 

 tion. 



