THE TJINAR. 12g 
perfectly dry, and has a mild 
®ies, ]_■ >s, therefore, not surprising that swarms of 
owls, and even great numbers of foxes 
^^itigir- resort thither, as to their winter retreat, and 
^ere until the return of spring. 
THE YANAR, 
r, GR PERPETU.AL FIRK. 
'me*^ Beaufort, of the Royal Navy, F. R. S. among 
’I'e details of his late survey of Karamania, or 
Minor, describes this curious phe- 
^6 extr" ’ following particulars 
^''>lcat,o as supplementary to the ample details of 
]■ Havin'* ® S'ven. _ 
,'Shtgn,^ P'^*'E'-'i''ed during the night a small but steady 
^ ^ as hills, this was represented by the inhabi- 
y^nar, or volcanic light; and on the foUo wing 
op'^^'’'‘°®'dy led him to visit the spot. In the inner 
as ^ ''^'^Ed building he came to a wall, so under- 
a anH*^° leave an aperture of about three feet in dia- 
y shaped like the mouth of an oven. From Uik 
J'^tiRt issued, giving out an intense heat, but 
smoi ®'''S 3ny smoke on the wall 3 and although 
•j^lt of lumps of caked soot werb detached from tlie 
br \ °psning, the walls were scai’cely discoloured. 
iJJtr . g dshwood, and weeds, grew close around this little 
d die V!*'’®" stream trickled down the hill iu its vicinity j 
y did not appear to feel the efiect of its heat 
'iisr'''ds ^ yards distance. Not any volcanic pro- 
iiiil d® perceived near to it ; but at a short 
'''at down on the side of the hill, was another 
Period '*'ld‘'l' l'‘''‘l apparently been at some re- 
by •'* similar flame. It was assei-ted, 
.''f injj\- ® Sulde, that, in the memory of the present 
there had been but one such volcanic 
liy ytbe i-hat its size and appearance had been con- 
'''‘tife d>'lviak''^^‘ added, that it was never accompanied 
noises ; and that it did not eject either 
P^rpejy j®’ nr noxious vapours ; but tliat its brilliant 
flame could not be quenched by any quan^ 
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