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298 the salhun. [chap. xiii.
Scarcely two miles eastward from the termination of the
Springs cfrt* Cydnus is the estuary of the river Saihun, whose trunk is
formed by the meeting of two great branches almost in the
heart of the Taurus. The eastern and more distant of these
has one of its springs at Cheralik, on the sides of the Yel
Gadugi range, some miles southward of Gurun; 1 and another
more westward in the mountains, near Viran Shehr, from
whence the stream flows southward by Tomarse and Jemnick
to the supposed point of junction below Farashak. 2 The
main eastern stream has not been followed, but its windings
through the Anti-Taurus and along part of the Taurus can
scarcely give less than 150 miles distance before it reaches
the western branch. The latter, under the name of Kar-
mushlu-su, has its source near Bulderun Khan, 3 from whence
it flows south-westward for nearly 30 miles along the Ailah
Tagh, receiving midway an affluent coming from the slopes
of the Uch Kapu Tagh, southward of Nigdeh. Being turned
by the Kizil Tagh, the river makes a bold sweep south-east
ward, along the north-eastern side of this mountain; at the
extremity of which it falls into the main branch, previously
receiving the Bozanlti-su. This considerable affluent is
formed by the union of many streams on the northern slopes
of the Bulghar Tagh, of which the Kara Gechid-su is the
principal. This last comes from the slopes of Armud Beli
Tagh, from whence it sweeps westward and southward
through the ruins of Faustinopolis ; and leaving these it
flows fe.b.K to the hot springs and ruins near Takhta Kopri.
Here, having received from the west two large affluents, the
trunk lorces a passage in the previous direction through the
Bulghar ^agh to Ak K6pri and the ruins of Padandus •
from which, bearing the name of the Bozanlfi-srt, it passes
along the southern side of the Kizil Tagh into the Kar-
mushlu-su ; and the united waters fall into the eastern
Mr. Ainsworth's Journey from Kaisariyah : Vol. X. Part TIT n 313
of the Royal Geographical Journal. '
' The coursesof its northern branches are yet but imperfectly known
In about 31 30 N. latitude and 34° 4' E. latitude.
and its
affluents.