. Discoveries in Asia Minor; including a description of the ruins of several ancient cities, and especially Antioch of Pisidia. cient remains at Navlo, which certainly standson a commanding situation. Mandropolis maybe placed, with much probability, at one of thoseplaces, I should say at Kaiadev^ ; and if the nameMandropolis has an affinity with modern Greek,the conjecture is supported by the extensive opencountry near it, eminently calculated, like ano-ther Salisbury Plain, for the pasturage of sheep. The ice was thick on the water, and the cloudsthreatened a heavy fall of snow. I was dread-f
. Discoveries in Asia Minor; including a description of the ruins of several ancient cities, and especially Antioch of Pisidia. cient remains at Navlo, which certainly standson a commanding situation. Mandropolis maybe placed, with much probability, at one of thoseplaces, I should say at Kaiadev^ ; and if the nameMandropolis has an affinity with modern Greek,the conjecture is supported by the extensive opencountry near it, eminently calculated, like ano-ther Salisbury Plain, for the pasturage of sheep. The ice was thick on the water, and the cloudsthreatened a heavy fall of snow. I was dread-fully enrhume^ but what was to be done ? Wemounted at a quarter past eight, and passed byan excellent road along the side of the lake,which was nearly close to the village. A little sprinkling of snow came on ; andwhen we would have quickened our pace, wewere stopped by a man dressed in an Arab benishand accompanied by about ten other laid his hand on Mr. Dethiers saddle, and ina very insolent tone demanded money; but aswe did not perfectly understand him, we referredhim to Kyriacos, as our interpreter. Quitting. ADVENTURE WITH A CAFIDJI. 127 his hold of Mr. Dethiers saddle, he seized thebridle of Kyriacos, and again repeated his de-mand in a louder and more menacing tone, onthe plea that he was the cafiji of an adjoiningcafe, and that having quitted it, he had occasionfor money, and insisted on having some. We told him that we were not rayahs, butFranks; and were neither obliged nor disposedto submit to such imposition; and repeated againand again that we were protected by the sultansfirman. We were considerably in advance ofMilcom and Suleiman, neither of whom were asyet in sight, and the fellow calculating on hissuperiority of numbers, seemed to set our firmanat defiance, and persisted in keeping hold of thebridle of Kyriacos, and, in a still more menacingtone, to repeat his demand. My friend Dethier, though of the mildest andmost amiable temper, is a man of the mo
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