New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-21
AN INTERESTING JOURNEY
DESCRIPTION OF A RIDE ON HORSEBACK
IN CENTRAL TURKEY.

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Miss Media Hess. who has recently returned from
Turkey gives the following description Of jour
ney she took from a mountain summer resort 70
her home. in Marash. Central Turkey:
With the prospect of few days journey before
me started for Marash accompanied by zapteh
IS allowed to travel in Turkey, and two good Ar
sunrise in order to avoid as long as possible the
intense heat OF the plain So far as any trace Of
have been in the DESERT but when the first dim light
was my surprise to see great buildings of European
architecture rising out of mountain valley on our
The monastery" my zaptieh turned to explain.
and then added n a tone Of importance. But you
monastery through whose doors no woman may
There are about forty monks. Frenchnen and
from the upper walks Of life. IT is said There they
dwell the mountain solitudes in keeping with their
vows OF perpetual silence. I recalled what DR.
Sheppard had told US Of his visit TO the place
brothers in the early stages of pulmonary tubercu
n0uced ms magnifcent muscular development. and
commented upon 1t TO the superior. Yes" replied
the latter. he was the flower Of the French army
and led an expedition across Africa once
pawn Jaw came on PLAYING the most fantastic FRANKS
the ever new wonders Of the the S S ar TeE
at my feet, but truth compes me to say that they
Old not rise singing, the poets would have
the crisp golden subble stretched out hard beaten
w PANS IRON an eighth q an men TO an inca
crossed those paths what tragedies my horses
ways, who had gone forth in the cool of the morn
ing 10 bring home their grain. The little creatures
We're the harvest ants. the most interesting insect
Passing a bush with gray dry branches and
few struggling leaves, l was surprised 10 see a
portion detach itself and walk away, a chameleon!
came familiar after all The Village woman. walk
ing swiftly along spinning as she went driving
two bushels OF grain for some mill; the quiet
stream with the neyitabe Turk sitting cross legged
near II; gazing INTO the waters and my zaptteh,
with his barbarous outfit and the cheerful clang
around US
About noon, he seemed to think that the sun had
aside from the path to hill a quarter Of a mile
steeS sa T0eA fb rose 81 IRON Ine
bled when / insisted on visiting them; but l had
had been told to look. I noticed with pleasure the
great blocks of granite, cut in the manner of mod
any original rock, and the whole structure look
g as II II Hignt nave oeen QoH d zen Years ago
of pro-Consul who lived before Christ Indeed in
yester day and GUINEA to genuine piece Of an
tiQuity which was really the object Of my visit.
It was made of enormous rocks of volcanic origin,
partly squared and put together diamond fashion
Without cement but fitting very we'll indeed and
by their size dwarhng the Roman blocks to IN
were there at least three hundred years before
Christ would have told US gii9ly enough that IT
that they in the habit Of breaking of Jumps
III T-l'sssae tbarebV rsTsine the Greek Islands
(Which may be this day in proof of the story.
tached a small wedge from between two rocks,
hoping that there was no Cyciops with MS one eye
i hnPe tine A
Ny zaptieh told me that there was nothing there
would be something worth seeing-a fact well
able beat. But when I reached the place. ZIngeer-
lee. was tired enough to rest some hours IN sight
OF a ruined city, without visiting IT at once AND
how shall describe what found when / ala go
guide book style, for though can give you facts.
can convey adequate impression Of what saw.
sd5 vi was {b @ Ro INVADED the KINGDOM
of Judah in Hezekah's reign, and returned home
to be murdered by EsarhaddOn, and another
Chronicles xxxfJ He ruled from $50 10 667 B. G,
ard the taking Of this city was one Of the minor
incidents in one Of his many campaigns =,
had great statue Of himself, with boasting IN
scripture and statue Nothing Is all9wed to to be be
those IucEless Hittites.
but they left just before the massacre taking with
them far Constanttnople nearly every IN
TAKEN ont Of Turkey. / believe The inscription
tells that Esarhaddon left his niece 10 reign IN his
feet each, have their surfaces entirely covered by
a woman's face, in bass relief If it is hers, she
certainly was as comely she is said 70 have
been clever. There seem to have been acres and
In excavating they find the remains of a Greek
city on top Of the Assyrian one. and a Roman one
ful and living beside it was the great stone slab
with the niche for Janus, the god OF the gates; or
F-mDeror The sun was getting low. and So gath
ering up some souvenirs, we departed with piece
of graphite for the Assyrian marble for the Greek,
a roof tile for the Roman and wild hoLyhock Tor
the ira nsient Turk, whose mud novels near Knocked
these ruins Of ancient splendor.
Shall ever forget that ride under the blazing
SYRIAN stars! AT times meteOrs shot across the
sky and distant fires the plain suggested TO
me that they had reached the earth and continued
to burn. But about midnight. when my zaptieh
ordered the muleIeer 70 put my horse between the
loads and his own horse, I learned what the fires
really meant for to my inquiry as 10 the reason
for this move an all sufficient in the single
word '.Chirkey.' (Circassians) was given me. Cir
cassian is Synonymous with robber In Turkey /
noticed then that my zaptieh was carrying his gun
across the pommel of his saddle, and some way the
cheerful cang Of his scabbard against his metal
stirrups did not sound meaningless to me and
so unnecessary as it had during the day.
Soon we heard shouts. but if the Circassians
meant anything they had time to plan 1t before