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house at Diaide about seven in the evening, where we 
met five Tartars who had each left Aleppo before us. 
Sunday, 4 th October. 
I was desirous to set out early, but it being the cus- 
tom of the Tartars to set out late, I did not leave Diaide 
tmtil six o'clock in the morning. 
Our road lay to the N.N.E. until half past ten in 
the morning, when it changed to the N.W. I halted 
at six in the evening at a post-house in a miserable 
village called Wadicaschli, which the Turks called 
Quloukiscla. 
In proportion as we advanced towards the N, W. the 
part of Mount Taurus which we were traversing began 
to lose its beauty, and at last presented nothing but 
bare rocks, the summits of which to the north were 
covered with snow. We had marched during the whole 
day by the side of several rivers, and springs of de- 
licious water. We had found ourselves at three o'clock 
in the afternoon in a country a little more level and 
open, and at five we had passed near some villages sur- 
rounded with gardens and vines; and as it was the time 
of the vintage, the inhabitants invited us to eat some 
grapes, and made us a present of several baskets filled 
with this delicious fruit. 
We had met during the day several troops of camels, 
which were of a different species from those of Africa 
and Arabia; their fore legs are shorter and thicker than 
the hind ones; their necks are stouter, and the whole of 
the front of their bodies is thickly covered with wool. 
We had met also several bands of Turcoman shepherds. 
What a difference between them and the Arab shep- 
herds! The men, women, and children, are all perfectly 
well-dressed; the camels, which carry their effects, and 
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