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at the foot of the mountains. Two hours and a half 
afterwards, I began to ascend some hills, and after 
gaining the other side of the mountains, I arrived 
about half past one at their northern extremity, whence 
I proceeded westward to Ladifc, a little village situated 
upon a height among the mountains, where I arrived a 
little before three o'clock. 
The part of the mountains which I had just crossed 
is composed of clay and horn stone in thin perpendicu- 
lar or unequally inclined layers, without any trace of 
vegetation, except some parched herbaceous plants and 
shrubs, in the neighbourhood of the village, where there 
are some gardens and fine water. 
One of the Tartars who accompanied me being in- 
disposed, we were obliged to slacken our march. I was 
desirous, however, to arrive at Constantinople as soon 
as possible. I therefore offered 100 piastres more to my 
Tartar if he would enable me to arrive there on or be- 
fore Sunday, the 18th of the month. I was very sure, 
notwithstanding the promise he made, that he would 
not be able to keep his word, on account of his habitual 
laziness. He was accustomed to go to bed at seven 
o'clock in the evening. Yet I was obliged to wake him 
every morning at five, and without this precaution on 
my part, we should have performed each day very short 
journies. This carelessness, indeed, was not peculiar to 
him alone, the other Tartars were not less indolent. 
According to my observations, and the direction of 
my route, it is easy to perceive that Ladik is not to the 
west of Konia as the maps indicate. 
This village must have been formerly of much im- 
portance, from the immense number of magnificent 
remains which still exist; such as capitals, pedestals^ 
two stone causeways, and some Greek inscriptions. 
