We passed on from _Chiousada_ to _Karali_; from _Karali_ to _Hazdengri_; from thence to _Mazotthoy_; from _Mazotthoy_ we passed over the River _Sangar_, which runs into _Pontus_ out of _Phrygia_, and came to _Mahathli_, from thence to _Zugli_, thence to _Chilancyck_; from _Chilancyck_ to _Ialancich_; from thence to _Portughin_; and from _Portughin_ we reached to _Ancyra_, called by the _Turks_, _Angur_. We staid one whole Day at _Ancyra_, partly because the _Turks_ did not hasten us; for, in regard the _Persian_ Embassador made an Halt, we were desired to do so too, that we might make our Entrances, both at one Time, into _Amasia_. I saw nothing remarkable in all the Villages aforementioned, save that sometimes, among the _Turkish_ Sepulchres, we happened to see some Pillars, or ancient Stones of curious Marble, wherein there were several Remains of _Latin_ or _Greek_ Inscriptions, but so defaced, that they could not be read; which Disappointment I very much resented, for all my Delight was, as soon as I came to my Inn at Night, to enquire after old Inscriptions, together with _Latin_ and _Greek_ Coins; and sometimes for rare Kinds of Plants. As for the Sepulchres, or Graves of the _Turks_, their Custom is, not to fill them with Earth, but throw great Stones upon them for a Covering. Would you know the Reason? ’tis Superstitious enough. The _Turks_ believe, that whenever the Devil accuses the Deceased, and calls upon him to give an Account how he spent his Life; then his good Genius will defend him, and this Stone is the Place upon which the Ghost must sit, that he may plead his Cause with more Care; and it is so huge and bulky, that Dogs, Wolves, or other ravenous Beasts, especially the _Hyænæ_, may not injure his Corps as it lies in the Earth. The _Hyæna_ is a Beast common in these Countries; she uses to dig up Graves, and taking out the dead Bodies from thence, carries them to her Den, near which you shall see a great Heap of Bones of Men, Horses, and other Creatures. She is a little lower than a Wolf, and quite as long; she hath a Skin like a Wolf, only her Hair is rougher and full of great black Spots; her Head is contiguous to her _Spina dorsi_, without any _vertebræ_ at all; so that, when she looks backward, she must of necessity turn her whole Body: Instead of a Row of Teeth, she hath but one continued Bone. The _Turks_ do ascribe great Vertue to this Beast, in _Philtres_, as did the Antients: there were two of them at _Constantinople_, when I was there; I cheapned them, but their Owners were unwilling to sell them, because they kept them for the _Sultaness_, who was thought, by Love-Portions, and Magic Art, to have engaged her Husband’s Love to her. Here I cannot chuse but take Notice of a Mistake in _Bellonius_, who thinks the _Hyæna_ to be the same Creature with that we call the _Zibeth_ or _Musk-Cat_.