New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-26

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- ;-.,,1os small open persyle, with two compo-
c1i.,hi,, columns NJ the entrance, mlkng, with
-. .. The outer colonnade. II columns standing.
.,blc,s contain Greek inscriptions perfectly legi5e,
r..,ho s,one has not been shattered. Under the
.o,r ,bere are large ysul;s which We found hed up
81 -or- kids who he'd gone in there 10 escape the
beet Of the sun.
On ,be side Of hill, about $40 yards 10 the
II s-e The remains Ct theatcr. Crossing some
,.,cbes of barley and lerns we entered stadium,
an oxteu,i ion of the thea.er-'hat l.. i TOOK the
..ro breedh AMI direction, that the two might be
.or.iaered as one grand work, more than lUOJ ieet
,o1c nv nearly 400 wide Tic walls Of the stah aT
are hurled down exceT, an entrance o. i've Arches
massive masonry or the western side Verde up@a
.-,is,ioI WILEY. between high grassy hills, compeey
covered with what, at distance reseinoieo 'oo70
boards but which were actually the long maEo se1'S
of the stadium Urging our horses over pesol 'ooSs
blocks we reached the base OF the thea'ef oN'i'eu
tho frnrrnents that cuulber tie main enhN00' "iI
looked on the spacious arena and galleries "Hnu' al
though greatly ruined the materials OF tn "Oe 80
trre remain and might be put togetheragein' II Is
grard wreck: the colossal fragments "hich nave .un'
lied from the arched pruscenflm MI tie arena anu Tue
-o,rs Of sea- though broken and dtJonted SUI Fe'n
their orrinal order is somewhat more tnan sem.
circle the radius being about lsO iect Inc ols'h"l
b nj was upward Of 5Ofeet and there were u row" o!
seats in ST. each row capable o. seating POD persons
so tlst tie number Of spectators who could DC 'cCo
mcdatcd was s,CCo.
The fragments curlbc-ine the arena were enorlou''
andhi,hy interesting from their character mere were
ri blocks of corncc, 10 feet long futed and reedea
pers grca. arcs c, heavily carved sculpture which
srreAred TO have served architraves from pillar 10
riInr along the face Of the proscenium where 'here
was every trace of having been coonnade; ana oner
book. scLlptured with figures OF animals IN alto reie'o
There were generally two figures on each block, and
among those which could be recognized were the dog
and the lion young fox jackal started from his
se,a AZ we entered the theatre and took refuge under
the loose blocks Looking backward through the sta
dun rc m IL sces Of the theatre, We had lovely view
of thet,mpc standing our clear and bright in the midst
s rho SIR me, nair with the snow-streakad SUBMITS Of
yrr,d Drch in the d lance Il was picture which
sha long remember The desolaton OF the magnificent
ruinf wa made oil The impressive by the silent
solitary air Of the region around them.
Leaving Chaudar in the afternoon, we stuck north
ward down the valley OF the RAyadacus. Losing the
way. however, We wandered for some time over the
wocdcd lils and toward made our way down TO
the Little yilaco OF Darijc Ko the riverbank. The
niece was devoted 90 lint making and great piles OF the
Clipped fragments filed the streets The next morn
inc We took the river road which found picturesque
In the hche.t degree The narrow dell oithe Ryndacus
wound through labyrinth OF mountain sometimes
turning sharp angles between craggy but.rcsses Gov
cred with io.ests Dad sometimes broadening GU. inc
sweep Of valley where the villagers working in
c,mI snic among The groin and poppy feld'. All this
rrciou Wa rayocCd by pla~ o. crlsshoppers The
earth was black with thcm in many places, and our
horses powcdu pa living spray they drove forward
throrgh the meadows Every spear OF grass was de-
ftloycd and the wheat and rye fields terribly cut
~ Wera scd alarge crsgwhcrc myrsds OF starlings
had built thier nests and every starting had grasshop
pr in his mouth
We cIos cd the river in order TO pass a narrow dc
io ty which It forces is way through the rocky nights
Of D,mar.dj Dach. soon after passing the ridge
bread ard beautiful valley expanded before Il was
alou miles in breadth nearly level and surrounded
ly picturesque RANGES Of wooded mountains. Il was
well cultivated, principally in rye and peoples and
icky populated than alms-. any part OF Europe.
The timed tops Of the minarotj OF Tausnauiu shone
over the top Of hill in front and there was a largo
town nearly opposite, the other bank Of the Rhyn-
dacu. and seven small VILLAGES scattered about in
various directions Mot OF the latter however were
merely the winter haltations OF the herdsnen who
the valley the peasants at work in the harvest
fields cutting and binding grain gathering opium from
the Peoples, or wedding the young tobacco. In the
south the rim Of the bills that shut in this pastoral
solitude, rose the long blue SUBMITS of Urus Dlgh.
We rode into Taushsna, which is LONG town, filling
NJ q hollow between two stony hills The houses
all o. stone, stories high with tiled roof and Chin
neys, 60 that but for the clapboarded and shinged
m nc-ets II would answer for North-German village.
The streets were nearly deserted ard in the ba
zaars, which are Of some extent we found but few
per.ons.
The same evening, we campcd q dry plain, four
hours further down tie river Everything was eaten
up hy the grasshoppers, and our beasts nearly
inhed We crossed the river next morning and,
leaving is valley took road leading up the long,
projecting spurs thrust out from the main chain OF
Olympus. ~ fret we assembled through thckets Of
scruby cedar, but came 10 magnificent pine for
ests that grew taller and sturder the higher clomb
superb mountain landscape opened behind US. The
valleys ank deeper and deeper and last disappeared
behind the great ridges that heaved Themselves out OF
the WILDE ness Of smaller hills All these ridges
covered with orets and looked backward out Of
the tremendous suE ~ the sides Of which we were
climbing. the scenery wholly wild and unculti-
waited Our path hung the imminent side of chasm
go steep tina; slip might have been destruction 10 both
horse and rider Far below "a, at the bottom of the
thasIn, Ioared an Invisible torrent. The pines were
even gIander than those in the wOOdS Of Phrya. In
many places they the prmeval forests Of Olympus
and the Hamadryads yet frightened from their
lauLts Higher up we came to guard-house, lit
tie cleared space surrounded by beech forests. Il was
rough stone hui, with white flag planted on pole
before il, and miniature waterwhee running nina
ture saw OF a most destructive rate beside the door
Continuing way, we entered on region such as
had 10 idea could be found in asia The mountains.
frcu tie bottoms Of tie gorges TO their opmas sum.
mits were covered with the most superb forests of
beech l ssw-mnsscs Of inpenetrable foliage Of
the brilliant green touched here and there by the
darker top Of pine Our road through deep,
dlIk shade and on either side up and down we saw