ISBN: 9781130996890

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 38 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… Plus…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 38 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: . . . AlkCa AaSa 17 yvvr) avrov AlXico IouXiaiw Teixwdeav vlw r. . . . Twu ywaucl fivrjfiT) XPLV fcWl Se ifjecrTcu elcrKoJLLadrjvaL croipbv jjLiov Kal AiSw ywcud Toj The well bears the name: well ivith the ninety-nine steps. The steps leading down to the water are still in situ; the water is brackish. At the ruined and deserted Dibidelik Khan there is a great well, both with a vertical well-shaft, and with a tunnel leading down to the water at an angle of about 30. The water cannot be drunk by man or beast. This point is the limit of the waterless and hence desert plain of Konia. At Obruk there is a little lake, the surface of which is about ninety feet below the surrounding country. The villagers use the water of this lake for household purposes. We were told that the water is drinkable at all seasons of the year, except for two weeks in December, when it is in a state of violent ebullition. When this season approaches, the villagers lay in a supply of water sufficient to last until the lake has resumed its wonted calm. How true this may be, or what causes the ebullition of the water, I am not prepared to say. July 6. Obruk to Sultan Khan, 7 h. 31 m. The country is not a level plain, but is gently rolling ground. The land would everywhere be productive if it could only be irrigated. Unfortunately, water can be had only at intervals, for instance, at the villages Ortakuyu, Bakharakh, Erdodu. These villages raise crops that can do with the winter and spring rains, such as wheat and barley, but they rely mainly on their herds for subsistence. Sultan Khan is the grandest and most beautiful of all the remains of Seldjuk splendor seen by us in Asia Minor. We spent one day in its welcome shade, during which time numerous photographs were taken, and the. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<