Scenery of the Hills Ladik, the Ancient Laodicea The Plague of Gad-Flies Camp at Ilguen A Natural Warm Bath The Gad-Flies Again A Summer Landscape Ak-Sheher The Base of Sultan Dagh The Fountain of Midas A Drowsy Journey The Town of Bolawaduen. "By the forests, lakes, and fountains, Though the many-folded mountains." Shelley. Bolawaduen, July 1, 1852.

The bottoms of the dry glens were covered with wheat, and shrubbery began to make its appearance on the mountain-sides In the afternoon, we crossed a watershed, dividing Karamania from the great central plain of Asia Minor, and descended to a village called Ladik, occupying the site of the ancient Laodicea, at the foot of Allah Dagh.

In that direction lay the great salt lake of Yuezler, and the strings of camels we met on the road, laden with salt, were returning from it. Ladik is surrounded with poppy-fields, brilliant with white and purple blossoms. When the petals have fallen, the natives go carefully over the whole field and make incisions in every stalk, whence the opium exudes.