New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-26
pAYARD rAYLoR's LETTERS.
IIV.
,ouHNEY THROUGH THE FORESTS OF PHKfoiA
Es,,siaI corr.-pcs6esoe Of The n y. Trbape

The day Of leaving Konia, eight days ago.
NE crossed the ridges dividing the plain OF haraisnA
from the great central plain Of Asis Minor, anu ~
seended 10 a village celled Ladk, occupying IA. ''
Me ancient Laodcea at the foot Of Allan DSSn
.a.;r rron which we came wac greenef anu "O'o
s.-,.h;r. ,hs, ,bs. we had left On the DOT" VIZ
s EMO low hills but 70 the northeast
- -, - ,ho ba,izon without break In that oil
res, salt lake Of Yuzer, and the strings
- .,,,eI, we met the road iaoen WIN SAT- "''e
.rnino iron, II, Ladik Is sufroahoed VIII Puppy
s.ns b,illsn with white and purple blossoms. "hen
hn,as have ALLEN, the natives 20 carefully over the
,oie field and make missions IN every stalk, whence
",iny, exudes The graveyard of the village is
dded with relics of the ancient town There are pill
srs eorpces enablstures jarnbs, altars muons, and
,upturod tablets Ill Of white marble and many of them
IN an excellent state Of preservation.
The next dag VIC travelled billy country at the
foot Of Aah Doch 20 llgdn near which there is large
hke Oh tic plain. We encsmped mile from the city,
beside BATH which has been erected over hot spring
The women Of the place were bathing in il when We
arrived but toward evening they oil left and we enter
ed The interior consisted Of single chamber 30 feet
high yaultcd and alrnost dark. ln the center was
rce balm CT hot water, FLIED by four stfeams winch
poured into it. ledge around the Sides and inches
in the WILL supphed places for our clothes The water
was areeably warm about 9O0 had sweet taste, and
nvery slight suphury smell The yGulted hall redoubed
the sliytcft noise and hayen Turk who kept US COM
pany fanein lis delight that he might hear the echo OF
his vyu voice Whenwe went back 70 the tent we found
visi,or who was lying the ground trying to stay
his hunger L was rather too bad in US TO light our
ripes make a herbe and drink and smoke in his face,
while we led him about the Raazan; and he at last
got up oid walked Of, the picture Of di'tress
As VIC d. ccrdcd toward AkSheher, (Which we
reached the evening Of the third d0y0 the country
became exceedingly rich and uxuricnt The range Of
Sultan Dagh rcsc on ourlot, its sides coTered with
thick screen q .h.ubbery and its highest peak dotted
with paicles Of snow opposite, the lower range Of
Emir Dach lay blue and bare in the sunshine The
hase OF su;tn Dagh was giTdled with groves Of frit
trees stretching out in long lines on the plain, with
fields Of Ircniug wheat between. In the distance the
hrge laLe Of Ak shehcr glittcrcd in the Toward
The ncrthwcet the plain tretched away for fifty miles
before rcachiug;he hills 1t 4. evidently on a much
lower level thar the plain Of Kona the heat was not
only gcotcr, la. the season was fur her advanced.
Whcot was roory ready for cutting, and tAc poppy
feds where Tie day prcy.oue, the men were m king
their Gr.t ncii ions for opium, here had yielded their
harvest nd were fest ripcning their seed. AkSheher
is beautifully situated at the entrance Of deep gorge
ia the mouutins. tits large place, sad boasts fine
mosque but contains nothing worth seciDg. The
bazslr after that o. Kona the largest We had seen
fnce leaving Tarsus The greater part Of the ho2keep
CTS lag III full length doing, GeeriHg, staying their
appetite III lice INSET gun. We found some superb
cherricn and plou Of snow, which is brought down
from the ncuutoin.
The nest IN, rning we rode along the base OF Sultan
Dagh The plsin which srookel was magnificent.
TIE Wilderness C fhrubbery which frnged the slopes
Of the mouu;aH gave place TO great orchards and gar.
dcns, Interpreted with fields Of grain which extended
far out the PLAIN to the wild tlickots and wastes of
reeds surrounding the lake The sides Of Sultan sh
were tcrraccd and cultivated wherever it pracdca-
blc and saw some fields of wheat high up on the
mouniIn. There many people in the road or
laboring in the fields, and during the forenoon we
passed scverol large villages. The country is m re
thicky inhabited and has thrifty and prosperous
cir than tiny pus Of Asia Minor which have seen. The
people are better clad have opcn honest, cheer
ful and intelligent lnccs and exhibited genuine
court ey and good will in their dcmeanor toward us
incvcr fclt more perfectly secure or more certain o.
being among people whom could trust
About two hours from AlShehcr we passed splen
aid fountain Of crystal water gushing up beside the
road believe il il the calad by some travellers
Tie Fountain Of Mlas, but ignorant wherefore the
name given it, We rode for several hours through a
succession Of grand, rich landscapes smaller lake
succeeded 20 that Of Sheher Emr Dagh rose hi CHER
in the pale blue ky and Sultan Dogh showed other peaks,
broken and striped with snow, bat around were the
samc glorious orchards and gardens, the golden
green Who at and rsting phalanxcs opoppi,sa OF
vegetable Houndhcods beside the hrstng and bearded
Cavaliers The sun was intensely no, during the after.
noon, cs we crossed the plain, and became drowsed
that 4, required en- agony Of excron 70 keep from tumb-
bor. Iatts 81, 10,
Const,n,inoIlc and took less frcqucned track The
plain gradually became meadow, covered with shrub
cypress flags. reeds and wild water-plants. stone
saufevay, containing many elegant fragments Of an
eiont sculpture extended 0cross it 10 bare salt plain,
beyond which came to tho town Of Bolawadin, and
terminated cur long days journey
Bolawadin Is collection OF mud houses, about mile
long situated ON an omnonco at the western base Of
Emir llngh. went into the bazaar, which small
place, ard not very well supplied, though, i. was
sunset there quite crowd Of people and the
bakers were shoyclng out their fresh bread at brisk
rate. Every one took me for good Egyptian Mahom-
melan and was jostled right and lett among the tur.
hans, in manner that certainly would have hap
pencd me had not elso worn one Mr., H., who had
fallen behind the caravan. came up after we had en-.
camgcd, and might have wandered long time without
finding us but for the good natured efforts of the in.
hatlarH 10 sct Inn Alright In the evening he knocked
over a hedgehog, installing it for cat The poor
creature was severely hurt, and is sobs of distress,
precisely l@e those OF little child were painful to
hear thst We were obliged to have removed from the
vicinity Of tleicnt.
We had now passed through the ancient provinces ii
CCia CeppedOcia and Lycsonis and reached the con.
fines OF rhIysia, rude mountain region, which never
wholly penetrated by the light of Grecan Cyiizs-
ton il is su comparefivelv wilderness MGR .ei nv
but single highroad, and almost UNLISTED by travel
crs, YET incloing in its depths many curious r>c Of
antiquity. Leaving BolawUdin in the morning We
ascer6ed long, trceess mountain slope, ana in three
or four hours reached the dividing rilge-;he w5ter-
shed OF Asia Minor, dividing the auen;s Of tie Moi
terranean and the central lakes from the streams thar
low % the Hack Sea We lcsccnlel inn q s-.ssr