TRAVELS IN AFRICA, 
CHAP. XXVII. 
Journey from Aleppo towards Conjiant'inople — Route — A'lntab — 
Mount I'aurus — Bojian — Inhabitants^ their manners and drefs 
— Kaifaria — Angora — Walls and antiquities — A ngora goats — 
Manufactures — 'Topography — fourney to Ifmit — Topography — 
General remarks concerning Anatolia or Afia Minor, 
On the 2ift of Odtober 1797, fet out from Aleppo on my 
journey through Anatolia to Conftantinople. I had a horfe for 
myfelf, and another for an Armenian fervant ; feventy mules 
carried the merchandize of the caravan. 
The direct road lies by Beilan and Adene, Konia, Kutahia, 
and Burfa, but Kutchuk Ali^ the Pafha of Beilan, being in a 
ftate of rebellion, we were conftrained to turn to the North-eaft 
by an unufual route, through the cities of Aintab, Kaifaria, and 
Angora. 
Between Aleppo and Aintab the country is well watered, 
and, though fomewhat ftony, capable of being cultivated in a 
threefold degree. 
On the 30th arrived at Aintab, a large town or city, inha- 
bited by Mohammedans and Chriftians, both Armenian and 
Greek. 
