§ VI. The City of Cebrené.—I went from Kurshunlu Tepeh to explore the site of the ancient city of Cebrené on Mount Chalidagh (bush-mountain), so called, no doubt, on account of the underwood with which it is overgrown. A good road leads up by zigzags to the site of the lower city, the altitude of which, at the foot of the little Acropolis, is 515 mètres. This Acropolis is on a steep rock, its highest point having an altitude of 544 mètres. Some foundations of houses, and a cistern cut out in the rock, 6 m. long, 5.50 m. broad, and 4 m. deep, are all that can be seen in the Acropolis; there is no accumulation of débris, and no trace of walls; but in fact walls were not needed, as the rock falls off vertically on all sides but one. Even on the site of the lower city the accumulation of débris is but very insignificant; but here, at least, may be seen a great many foundations of ancient houses of large well-wrought stones. The walls, which are more than two miles in circumference, may be traced in their entire circuit on the uneven ground; they are built in exactly the same way as the walls of Assos, and five gates may be recognized in them. In the upper part of the lower city are the foundations of a vast edifice of large wrought quadrangular blocks, also many walls of large unwrought stones; but as these latter consist only of one course of stones, and merely serve to support the terraces, they cannot be called cyclopean walls.
Having engaged in the village of Chalidagh Kioi ten workmen for 7 piastres (= 1½ francs) each, I selected on the plateau of the lower town fourteen places where the accumulation of débris appeared to be deepest, and began at once to excavate. But everywhere I struck the rock at the very insignificant depth of about 0.20 m., and only in a few places did I find an accumulation of débris 0.50 m. deep. The pottery I found is but very slightly baked, wheel-made, of a heavy gray or black, precisely identical with the pottery of the first epoch of Gergis on the Bali Dagh, but
