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mui print works. Its trade with Eng-land has also revived, 5,000 bales
ot J3 ritish manufactures being yearly imported, while its caravan trade with
1I J terior 1S . likewise rapidly improving, the merchants finding- thev can
now be supplied in Aleppo with all they want. Considerable quantities
of wool and silk are exported to France and Italy ; of the former, 2,508
bales were exported in one year lately, and 179 of the latter. The retail or
f l(>P . ra( t ^ however, does not seem to be very vigorous, owing in part per-
wZl. r I'T I T 1 "'- em,>,0 - vcd i " it ' the negate amount of
ich, according to Doctor Bownng, does not exceed £20,000 sterling.
The celebrated gardens of Aleppo, nearly 12 miles in length, are situated to
h.v.f ff r f C r 7 ' though much prized by the natives they
havo tew attractions for Europeans, being sub-divided and enclosed by low
stone walls and exhibiting little of either taste or skill in management or
c langement. The trees are for the most part crowded close together with
1 ttle regard to symmetry, while the kitchen and flower gardens, of which
ie whole is a compound are undistinguished by the intervention of par-
w-hioh r fT SS t \ .- Clos . e . , to the Clt y are man y extensive quarries, from
w Inch is obtained a white gritty stone, easily cut at first, but becoming indu-
bntif Ti r e TT t ? r \T e tlmc 1 10 1 the air - 0f this stone a11 the hoil ses are
built The climate of Aleppo is healthful, but is in summer excessively hot
though considerably moderated by the west winds, which then prevail'
nllnl V1 l r t here . considerable falls of snow. The earthquake already
i JlJo to, by winch Aleppo was nearly destroyed, occurred in August l.{
f ^ layt ^ only 10 or 12 seconds, but in that short space of time not
only Aleppo, but a number of other towns in Syria, were converted into
heaps of stones and rubbish, and 20,000 human Wings destroyed. Aleppo
as a place of considerable importance in very remote times 'havino- risen
on the destruction of Palmyra. From that period its prosperity continued
to increase until the discovery of a passage to India by the Cape of Good
rToOO w^-l f 08 ^ 1 t0 f Cline ' ItS P 0 P ulation in 1795 was, it is said,
! 0 V 18 n0 ni n — m0re t,,an 60 ^ 000 or 65 >000, of which
K 000 to 18,000 arc Christians. Colonel Chesney gives a somewhat
l^MKM) TTw f population - He sa ys that it was formerly
Tu 1 q nnn \ • 18 n ? W reduced to 100,000, of which 66,500 arc
2 000 o • Armenians, 19,000 Greeks, 4,500 Jews, 5,000 Maronites
Se 1 Tu" ^ USUall y *P oken here is
bic I he Pashalic of Aleppo occupies the north extremity of Svria
and extends southward from the borders of Asia Minor at the foot of the
am us to Damascus, Inpoli (in Syria), and the confines of Arabia Desert'i •
lit ^ rT an S riri th * Buys 0f the 0rontes ^ Iskandaron bein-
7 SrT square miles t L 1 ^ ^ ■ Its SUrfa€e contains a ^ut
'' <7 s( l uaie miles. Ihe west side is mountainous : on the east the hills
cTmlrUd m 'u UndUla t ing - The Soil » c.xcelkut, and the
A SS TA - Lat -
ALEXANDRO\ SK—Lat. 44°2' Long. 42 0 42 / Elev
A town and district governed by Caucasia, Russia, the former 43 miles north-
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