!['The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎8] (49/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0050.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎8] (49/905)")
'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [8] (49/905)
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springs of the aras.
[chap. i.
Plain of Tout, degree of heat in summer. The last great plain before
reaching Tokat contains about 70 villages, and produces an
incredible quantity of grain. 1
Between Tokat and Tarabuzun there are several consider
able towns, and numerous villages; and the whole district forms
a beautiful, fertile, and prosperous portion of Asia Minor. 2
T he A ras, or A raxes.
Source of the Towards the north of Armenia we have the second river,
Iviver Araxes
namely, the Araxes, with its numerous tributaries. This
river, which at its commencement, owing to-its many affluents,
bears the Persian appellation of Harharas, springs from the
side of the Bin Gol, or " Mountain of a thousand Lakes,"
about 30 miles south of Erz-Rum, and nearly in the centre
of the space between the eastern and western branches of the
Euphrates. 3
Its course, from its first spring near Jebel Seihan, is almost
N.E. for about 145 miles through Armenia; when it turns
eastward, being then near the frontier of Kars: this proximity
continues for 110 miles j the river in all that extent running
parallel to the frontier, and eventually touching it for an
instant at the southern extremity, where it is joined by its
The^rpab- first large tributary, the Arpah-chai' (the Harpasus), which
comes from the north, and forms the eastern boundary of
Kars. On receiving this stream the Araxes leaves the pro
vince, taking a south-easterly and tortuous course, between
the foot of Mount Ararat and Erivan, opposite to which city
the JCara su runs into it from the north ; and a little farther
east it is joined by the Zenani, which also comes from the
north, and washes Erivan. The general direction, after
rounding Ararat, continues as before, S.E., the river separating
1 Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol. VI. Part II p 219
2 Ibid., p. 220. ' ' f • •
d The sources of the Aras and those of the north branch of the Euphrates
are about 10 miles from one another.—Journal of the Royal Geographical
Society, Vol. VI. Part II., p. 200. According to Pliny (lib. VI., c. 9), those
sources are in the same mountain, and 6000 paces asunder.
L
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The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.
Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. . Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.
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- 'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.'
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- front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:30, 1:8, 8a, 8a, 9:34, 34a:34b, 35:48, 48a:48b, 49:92, 92a:92b, 93:114, 114a:114b, 115:116, 116a:116b, 117:138, 138a:138b, 139:189, 188:198, 198a:198b, 199:208, 208a:208b, 209:212, 212a:212b, 213:230, 230a:230b, 231:266, 266a:266b, 267:310, 310a:310b, 311:324, 324a:324b, 325:336, 336a:336b, 337:350, 350a:350b, 351:368, 368a:368b, 369:392, 392a:392b, 393:406, 406a:406b, 407:426, 426a:426b, 427:432, 432a:432b, 433:470, 470a:470b, 471:490, 490a:490b, 491:526, 526a:526b, 527:596, 596a:596b, 597:616, 616a:616b, 617:622, 622a:622b, 623:636, 636a:636b, 637:704, 704a, 705, 705, 707:802, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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