New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-22

Rad painfully iamished air. fortunately Tue
Koran expressly permits invalids, children ani
travellers To disregard the fast, So that athoush
we eat and drink when we Ike, We are none
tie less looked upon as good Mussalmans'
About dark a gun is fred and rocket sent up
from the mosque. announcing the termination oi
the dsy's fast. The meals are alrea " pre-
pared. the pipes filed, the coffee smokes ihthe
fngcas. aud the echoes have not died away nor
The LAST sparks of the rocket become extinct, De-
fore lalfthe inhabitfn are satisfying their nun
ger, ,lirst and smoke-lust.
Soon after leaving Tarsus, the next morning
we entered the lower ranges of the Taurus
From the plain there appeared TO be four sue
cessivc chains, the last of which, crowned with
eternal snow, rises 10 the hight OF lO,O0O feet
above the sea. We were four days in passing
the entire range, and reaching the great central
plains of Karamania. During the greater part
Of tie first day We travelled through low hills,
covered with a copsewOod of myrtle, oleander,
and lavender The southern slopes were COW
cred with wheat-felds, whereon numbers oil iur-
conan rrapers were busy az work We saw
several clusters of their black tents, surrounded
with herds of sheep and goats. Toward even
inc we came nto higher and Wilder region,
where the read lei through thlcke's oil VIA
olive. holly, OAK and lauristnus, with occasional
groves of pine. What a joy felt IN hearing
once more the grand song of my tav0rite Tree
Our way WAS woodland road; storm had
passed over the region in the morning, the earth
WIS still fresh ard moist and there was an arc,
matte smell of leaves in the ar. We Iurned
westward into the entrance OF deep valley
over which hung 2 perpendicular elm OF grey
and red rock fashioned by nature So as To re-
,fh --frt.fn ntsr a
end projecting baStiOnS. Francois displayed his
knowledge of mythology by declaring IL TO be
the palace of Pan While We were carrying out
tie idea. by making chambers for the Fauns
and Nymphs in the basement story Of the precl-
nice, the path wound around the shoulder OF
lie mountain aud the glen spread away before
MS. branching up into loftier ranges, disclosing
through its gateway of cliffs Il sublime vista OF
blue mountain peaks, climbing To the topm ISL
SHOWS. Ii was magnificent Alpine landscape,
more glowing and rich than Switzerland, yet
edualing it il all the lOftier characteristics OF
mountain scenery Another and greater precl-
rice lowered OvcruS on the right, and the black
eagles who had made their cyricS in IFS inches
and cayercned vaults, were wheeling around It's
crest \ branch of the Cydnus tOamad along
the bottom ct the gorge and some lurcOmln
bows were tending their herds on its banks.
lLrtheS up tie glen We found fountain at de-
licouS water beside deserted khan, and there
encanpcd for the night.
The next morning we followed the course of
the Cydnus, through scenery of the widest and
most romantic character. The bases OF the
mountains were completely enyeloped in forests
Of pine bur their SUBMITS rose in preclpitJus
crfcs many hundreds Of feet in hight, hanging
above cur very heads. Even after the san was
i've hours high, their shadows fell upon us from
tie opposite side OF the glen Mixed with the
pine were occasional oaks, an underground of
lswtl ON in bloom and shrubs covered with
yellow and white flowers. Over these the wild
craze threw its rich testOOns iilling The air with
exquisite fragrance.
Gut of this glen We passed into another, still
narrower and wilder. The road was the old
Roman v6y and in tolcrabe condition, though
it had evidently not been mended for many cen
tures. In lalf an hour the pass opened, dis
closing an tn0rmOus peak in front OF IL. crowned
with tie ruins OF an ancient fortress OF cOnsid-
eIeble extent. The position was almost im-
prcenabe, the mountain dropping on one side
into precipice five hundred feet in perpen-
dcular hight Under the cliffs of the lOttiest
ridge there was a terrace planted with walnut
trccs--a charming little hamlet in the wilder
ness Wild sycamore trees, with white trunks
and bright green foliage, shaded the foamy
twists of the Cydnus, as il plunged do"n its diff
cult bed The pine thrust its roots into the
naked precipices aud from their summits hung
our over the great abysses below thought of
ArOne's
tall, dark pines that fiused the crlgsy ledge
Ilish over ne hlu. gorge AID all between
IL snowy p al md oW-Mhite cataract
Fost,I,d lie salow eagl,t."
and certainly she had Oh Mount Lila no more
beautiful trees tlan these.
We | al doubled the crag of the Fortress,
when the pass closed before us, shut in by two
immense precipices Of sheer, barren rock more
II ,D a thousand feet in hight. Vast fragments
fallen from above, choked up the entrance
whence the Cydnus, sporting forth in foam
leiped into the defle. The ancient ROAD was
Was completely destroyed, but traces of it were
10 be- seen on the rocks, ten feet above the
present bed of Tie stream, and on the broken
MASSES Which had been hurled below. The
Path wound with difficulty among these wrecks,
and then merged into the stream itself, AS We
entered the gateway. A violent wind blew in
cur faces aS We rode through the strait, which
is not ten yards in breadth, while IFS walls rise
10 The region OF the clouds In a few minutes
We had trayersed il, and stood looking back on
de enormous gap. There were several Greek
tablets cut in the rock above the old roai, but
so delaced as TO be illegible. This is unloubt-
edly the principal pylon Of the Taurus, and the
PASS through which the armies OF GNU, and
ALEXANDER entered Cilicia.
Our course for several miles now lay through
amore open valley, drained by the upper waters
of the Cydnus. On two opposing terraces OF
the mountain chains are two fOrtreSses, built
by IBRAHIM PAsHA, but now wholly deserted.
They are large and well-constructed works of
store, and surrounded by ruins of stables, ovens
aud the rude houses OF the soldicry Passing
betwe' these, We assembled to the shelf dividing
the waters of The Cydnus and the Sihoon. From
tie point where the slope descends to the latter
river, there opened before me one of the most
glorious landscapes ever beheld. stood at