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

behind Monterey, and could readily have imagined
myself there Toward evening we reached solitary
guardhouso the edge Of the forrest The glen here
opened little and stone fountain Of delicious water
furnbhed ell that we wanted ior camping place The
house was inhibited by three soldiers sturdy good
humored fellows, who Immediately spread ma; IN the
shade for us and made US some excellent coffee.
Turccmon encamprnent in the neighborhood supplied
US with milk ard eggs.
We knew thst the ,ombs OF the Phrygan Kings could
not be far of and on making inquiries Of the corporal
found that he knew the place II was not four hours
distant. BY BIZ road and as it would be impo.sbletO
reach without guide he would give US one OF his
men in consideration of fee Of twenty piasters. The
Morning mir was sweet with the breath OF cellar and
pine and we rode on through the woods ind over the
oren tury g1des in high spirits. We were in the heart
eff mountainous country clothed with evergreen for
ests except some open upland tract, which showed
thick green turf dotted all with parkike clunPs
and single great trees. The pines noble trunks,
often GO 10 20 feet high and with bou-hs opposed in all
possible picuresqueness Of form The cedar frequent
ly showed solid white bolc three ieet in diameter.
We took winding footpath, often mere track,
striking across the hills in a northern direction Eve
rywhere we met the Turks Of the plain, who are now
encamped in the mountains TO tend their ocks through
the summer months. Herds Of sheep and goats were
scattered over the green pasturesopes and the idle
herdboys basked in the morning playing lively airs
on reed flute, resembling the Arabic -HnaTd. Here
and there q woodmGn. busy at recently ieLedtree
and met several OF the creakng carts Of the coun
try hauling logs All that we had pleasant rural
air smack Of primitive and unsophstcaed life From
tie higher ridges over which we passed could see
far to the east and west other ranges Of pnecovered
mountains, and in the distance the cloudy lines Of
loficr chains The trunks of the pines nearly oil
chnrred aud many Of the smaller trees dead from the
fires WHICH later in the year. rage in these forests
After -four hours Of varied and most spring travel
we reached district covered for the most part with
oak wccds-a more oren though stil mountainous re-
cicn There WIS summer village Of Turks scattered
over tie nearett sope-probaby fifty houses in all,
almost perfect ccuu;crpGrts Of Wcstern logcsbins.
Trey were built Of pine logs ad cro'swsc and covered
with rough boaIds These as we were Tod, were the
dwellings Of TIE people who inhnb- the village OF
Khosrcf Pasha kim during the winter. Great NUN
bcrs Of sheep and goats browsing the hills or
lying around the doors ofhe hou The latter were
beautiful creatures with heavy, curved horns AM long
white silky hair, that entirely hid their eyes
We now took tern direction, and in another
hour reached ridge whence we locked down thrcu n
the forest III on long valley, nearly hall mile wide,
and bordercd the opposite side by of broken
Valley Of tic Phryeisn Tombs Already we could dis
tngush the hown face OF the rock and dark aper
lures TO the chambers within The bottom o. tie val
Icy was bed Of glorious grass blazonsd with aowers,
and rcdclent Of all vernol .mels. Several peasants,
finding it too hot to now had thrown their sythcs
along the swGrh and were lying in the hade Of an oak
We rode over the ncw-c-t hay, up the opposite side,
and Ill mounted at the face OF the cracs. rs we APP
preached them, the number of chambers hewn in the
rock, TIE doors and inches open % the dag, sur
mounted by shattered spires and turTc; gave the whole
the appearance OF grand fortress in ruins. The
craes which OF very soft, reddi hgray sandstone,
rise 80 fee; rom their base and their submits
WON by the weather into the most remarkable forms
Tie principal monument is a broad. projecting CLIFF,
one side Of which has been cut resemble the
facade of a temple. The sculpturel part is about 60
feet high by GO in BREADTH anu represents solid wall
with two pilnsters the ends unfolding architrayo
and pedment, which ia surmountcd by two large
voutes. The whole face of the wall is covered with
ornaments resembling patchwork, not in regular
square, but labyrinth OF intricate designs. In the
center the bottom, is a shallow square recess
rounded by elegant though plain moding, but
there appearance of to the sepulchr
chamber which may be hidden in the heart OF tho rock
There is inscription in Greek running up one side,
but il is OF later date than the work itself On Of
the tombs there is inscription To King Midas
These relics supposed 10 date from the period Of
the Goydan Dynasty, about seven centuries before
Christ
little in front of headland, formed by the summit
walls Of two meeting valleys, rises Of rocks 100
feet high, cut into sepulohrtl chambers story above
story with the traces OF steps between them, leading
TO others still higher. The whole rock which may be
$50 feet long by 80 feet broad has been scooped out
leaving but partitions separate the chambers
OF the dead. These chambers al plain but some
Of very elegant proportions, with arched pyra-
ndG roofs and arched recesses at the sides containing
sGreopAag hewn in the solid stoEe. There also
many niche4 for cncrary The principal tomb had
loliCo. supported by columns but The front is now
entIoly huIlcd down, and only the elegant panolns
and stone joists OF the ceiling The entire hill
was Gsuccos ion OF tombe. There il not q rock waich
does lct bear of them / might have counted
several hundred within stones throw. The position
Of those curious remains in lonely valley shut in on
all aides by dark pine Coyered moun,2is-,wo OF which
are crowned with a natural acropos OF rock, re en-.
bling iortresincreases the interest with which they
inspire tie behOlder The valley on the western side
wtAs bed OF rpe wheat in the bottoa rs tall walls
towers and InnGcles OF rock and It's distant vista OF
mountain and forest the moot picturesque in Phryga
Aterpsssns three hours in examining these tombs we
took tie track which guide pointed out a the road
to KutslyG- We rode TWO hours through the forest:
and came out upon avoided hi ght overlooking grand
oIcn valley, ich in grain fields and pas ture land While
was contemplating this lovely view the road turned
corner Of tic ridge and 10 before there appeared
(as housAt) above the tops OF the pines h,h up on
the mountain SIDE line OF enormous tents. Those
snowwhitc Gomez, uprearing their sharp spires and
spreading cut their brown bases, what could they be
hut an enCsmpment OF monster tents Yet no they
were Iinnacles of white rock-perect cones from 30
to l0O feet in hight twelve in all and ranged side by
side slons tie edge OF the elf with the precision of
military camp. They were snow-wAiie, perfectly
smooh and iull, ard their bases touched What made
the spectacle mogo singular there was no other appear
ance of The aanc rock on the -nnin.nin al n-.,-l