. Across Asia Minor on foot . J^ lilfilJlM Old Bridge over the Sihoii, Adaiia. imm0fi»iittn I i 111 ft mtjtmii. Water-cairieis, Adana. ON A FLAT EOOF 345 of Ala Dagh and Anti-Taurus in the north and north-east ; to the nearer green hills of Jebel Nur in theeast; and in the south-east, across the Gulf of Alex-andretta, to the Amanus mountains, ending abruptlyin the 5000 feet of Jebel Khansir standing aboveancient Antioch. On this high flat roof I spent many-hours in the clear air of the Cilician spring, as anyvisitor so fortunate as myself would do. From this point of vantage you also looked ov
. Across Asia Minor on foot . J^ lilfilJlM Old Bridge over the Sihoii, Adaiia. imm0fi»iittn I i 111 ft mtjtmii. Water-cairieis, Adana. ON A FLAT EOOF 345 of Ala Dagh and Anti-Taurus in the north and north-east ; to the nearer green hills of Jebel Nur in theeast; and in the south-east, across the Gulf of Alex-andretta, to the Amanus mountains, ending abruptlyin the 5000 feet of Jebel Khansir standing aboveancient Antioch. On this high flat roof I spent many-hours in the clear air of the Cilician spring, as anyvisitor so fortunate as myself would do. From this point of vantage you also looked overother flat roofs and might notice the peoples roof had its heavy roller of stone, sedulouslyused by the responsible householder after a showerto consolidate the surface of gravelly clay and ensurewater-tightness. On many roofs were beds, with acotton screen stretched round the high posts of each,for sleeping on house-tops is an Adana custom. Chil-dren played upon these parapeted roofs by day as ina safe nursery; young boys of one roof would throwstones at boys upon another, careless of interv
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