252. FROM THE PASSAGE OF MOUNT H^MUS, 
CHAP, the bottom of all the carriasres became filled 
II. . , 
^- ^ with water. At mid-day we reached the first 
station north of the Danube^ distant two hoursr 
Ti<,a, and a half, at a place called Tiya; a miserable 
village, where the post is established : yet here 
we observed the first indication of the comforts 
and customs of northern nations, in the appear- 
ance of a wooden bedstead ; more used, how- 
ever, as a Turkish divan than as a bed; being 
covered with a mat, upon which a person sat, 
cross-legged, smoking tobacco. Tiya has pre- 
or Timum. scrvcd iw its oamc the only vestige of Tiasum, 
laid down with marvellous precision and accu- 
racy by the learned Cellarius ' . From Tiya we 
proceeded, this day, as far as KapoJca^ or 
Kapuka, another small village, distant five hours 
und a half from Tiya. Before we reached this 
place, we were detained in the rain, owing to 
r/^BHci^e ^^^ breaking of a bridge, that had been carried 
away by the torrent half an hour before we 
arrived. The confusion caused by this accident 
was such as might be expected among so many- 
persons, speaking a number of diflPerent lan- 
(1) " In austrum vergunt et Daoubium versus sita sunt Tiasum, et 
Netindava." Geog. Jntiq. Cellar, lib. ii. cap. 8. torn. I. p. 603. 
JAps. 1701, See also the Map facing chap. 8. p. 54G, of the same 
edition. 
