'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.' [‎283] (350/905)

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CHAPTER XIII.
ASIA MINOR.
mountains and rivers.
General Observations.—Geographical Position—Extent—Boundaries—Super
ficies.—Principal Mountain chains and their culminating points.—Northern
chain of the Taurus—Interior chains—Mount Aijish, the Anti-Taurus, &c.
—The southern range of Taurus and its principal branches.—The Rivers
Sakdriyah, Mendereh, Mezdrluk-Chdi, Saihun, and JaiMn.
Although among the inhabitants of Lesser Asia architectural importance of
magnificence is no longer studied, and tents or clay-built sia 1I 0r '
houses have replaced those great edifices which were the
delight of the ancient people; yet the natural resources of the
country, and its geographical position, it being situated between
three continents, and washed by as many seas, render the
inquiry into its actual condition a subject of great importance,
and one which commands the highest interest for Europeans.
The mounds, tombs, coins, and ancient inscriptions of Asia
Minor furnish the antiquarian with a link which seems to
connect the earliest works of art belonging to Fran with those
of Europe; and specimens of the former, together with some
remains of the written language of Assyria, are to be found
beneath as well as above the surface, accompanied by the ruins
of edifices, which were executed by the Greeks and Romans
when they occupied this part of the Asiatic continent.
Asia Minor has been the scene of a series of great events,
which may be traced back from the labours of the Apostles,
to the wars of Mithridates against the Romans, to the dazzling
times of Alexander and Xerxes, and even to the heroic age
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