We now thought it more advisable not to reach _Ephesus_ till the cool of the morning, but to pass this evening at _Kirkingécui_, a Christian village, lying near two hours to the east of the city. In search of this place our guide unfortunately led us to the left of the above mentioned lake, up a steep craggy and almost impassible mountain; which when with great difficulty we had conquered, and descended in a way almost as tedious on the other side, we were acquainted by a traveler, that we were out of our road either to _Ephesus_ or _Kirkingécui_. This struck a damp upon our spirits, being now obliged to tread back so many unwelcome steps in the heat of the day, despair of all present refreshment, and fearful apprehensions of the miscarriage of our mules. It was therefore voted necessary to hire the above mentioned traveler to conduct us to our village, who accordingly led us by a long and tedious way almost under the castle of _Ephesus_. But from hence we had an hour and an half of pleasant and diverting riding, betwixt two shelving hills, watered at the bottom with a purling brook; whilst on each side we were entertained with a shady scene of bays, myrtle, oleander, Spanish broom, the plane tree, Judas tree, the strawberry tree, lilach tree, and a multitude of other delightful greens. The frequent stops and misfortunes of this day’s journey had made it almost eight a clock, when we arrived at _Kirkingécui_; where to our incredible satisfaction we found our tents already pitched by our muliteers, who by an unknown and unbeaten path, over two or three mountains, had at last fallen upon the village, more by good fortune than any conduct of their own. May i. 1699. The village of _Kirkingécui_ is intirely Christian, and supposed to be the miserable remains of the church of _Ephesus_. The παπᾶς, or _priest_, here pretended to shew us a venerable manuscript of the _Evangelists_, wrote, as he said, by _Prochorus_, one of the _seven deacons_, mentioned in the _Acts of the Apostles_[41]. Upon inspection the character indeed appeared antient, and possibly may be that of the sixth or seventh century; but the book itself is nothing else but a _Lectionarium_, or _Copy of the Gospels_, so portioned into lessons, according to the ritual of the Greek church, that, begining at _St. John_ on Easter day, the four _Evangelists_ are read out by the return of the year. The sight of that manuscript, and of the small parish church, was the business of this morning; after which we descended by the same pleasant road, which we had traveled last night, and so arriving about ten a clock we take possession of the public _kane_ at _Ephesus_[42].