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CONTENTS.


CHAPTER XXIII.
KIUTAHYA, AND THE RUINS OF ŒZANI.
Entrance into Kiutahya — The New Khan — An Unpleasant Discovery — Kiutahya — The Citadel — Panorama from the Walls — The Gorge of the Mountains — Camp in a Meadow — The Valley of the Rhyndacus — Chavdür — The Ruins of Œzani — The Acropolis and Temple — The Theatre and Stadium — Ride down the Valley — Camp at Daghj-Köi 290
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE MTSIAN OLYMPUS.
Journey Down the Valley — The Plague of Grasshoppers — A Defile — The Town of Tauehanlü — The Camp of Famine — We leave the Rhyndacus — The Base of Olympus — Primeval Forests — The Guard-House — Scenery of the Summit — Forests of Beech — -Saw-Mills — Descent of the Mountain — The View of Olympus — Morning — The Land of Harvest — Aineghiöl — A Showery Ride — The Plain of Brousa — The Structure of Olympus — We reach Brousa — The Tent is Furled 300
CHAPTER XXV.
BROUSA AND THE SEA OF MARMORA.
The City of Brousa — Return to Civilization — Storm — The Kalputcha Hammam — A Hot Bath — A Foretaste of Paradise — The Streets and Bazaars of Brousa — The Mosque — The Tombs of the Ottoman Sultans — Disappearance of the Katurgees — We start for Moudania — The Sea of Marmora — Moudania — Passport Difficulties — A Greek Caǐque — Breakfast with the Fishermen — A Torrid Voyage — The Princes' Islands — Prinkipo — Distant View of Constantinople — We enter the Golden Horn 312
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE NIGHT OF PREDESTINATION.
Constantinople in Ramazan — The Origin of the Fast — Nightly Illuminations — The Night of Predestination — The Golden Horn at Night — Illumination of the Shores — The Cannon of Constantinople — A Fiery Panorama — The Sultan's Caǐque — Close of the Celebration — A Turkish Mob — The Dancing Dervishes 324