Visit to Chalcedon & Scutari - after breakfast this morning embarked in a Cayique for the opposite shore of Asia when a little Turkish town, Kadikei occupies the site of the ancient Chalcedon -

Wandered thro some of its narrow streets, but finding nothing interesting reposed for a short time at a Cafenah & partook of an agreeable preparation of boiled rice purchased of an itinerant vendor - should think this would be a good thing to introduce into America - when rice is so cheap -

An hours rowing brought us to Scutari - opposite to and therefore connected with Constanti— - crowds of smoking turks as usual - needless to say the streets are crooked and wretchedly paved for these atributes are common to all towns in this part of the world - two miles out is a mountain called Boulgarlou mounting on nags with short stiroped turkish saddles and therefore awkward to us - but on way to the mountain - no other guide than the cayique man - and not a word did he speak besides turk - before leaving I had taken down some turkish words on a card as - giddijues - let us go — at laer – horses –iste ourans - we wish to have — and so on -

From the top of Boulgarlou had a fine view of the wide spreading city - the sea of Marmora and its isles - the distant Olympus with its snowey top - and the straits of the Bosphorus - as far as the giants mountain - the Euxine is not visible - to the east as far as the eye can reach, streches the Gulf of Nicoaedia and enlivened with sails of every size - from its column of smoke a steamer was distinguishable behind the promontory of San Stefano - a beautiful view but was disappointed in the environs and town of Scutari - which the verdure of the trees at a distance gives a rural and pleasing aspect -

On the road side was a large arminian cemetery the grave stones of superior form and architecture mostly flat - and differ from the turkish which are upright slabs.

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