in their present state, the fourteen maps which accompany this
work.
To Captain Washington, R.N., he is and has been largely
indebted for aid and advice given to himself, as well as to the Expedition,
from time to time; while, from the Rev. John Alcorn
of Trinity College, Dublin, Christopher Cookson, Esq, of
St. John’s Collège, Oxford, and from Lieut.-Colonel Stolzman,
he has received great assistance in the verification of references.
To the friends of his youth, Professor Narrien, of the Royal
Military College, and Lieut-Colonel Sabine, R.A, he must
also offer his warmest acknowledgments for .various acts of
kindness : every sheet of the work has passed through the hands
of the former of these gentlemen.
CONT ENT S TO VOL. I.
C H A P T E R I.
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Nature of the Work stated.—Sources of the four greatest Rivers of Western Asia.—The
commercial importauce of those Rivers.—The Kizil-Irmak, or Halys—Its springs,
course, and affluents.—Ancient geography of the River.—The country about the
Halys. The Aras, or Araxes—Its springs, course, and tributaries.—Ancient name of
the Araxes. River Kür, or Cyrus—Its springs, course, and tributaries.—River Joräk,
or Acampsis.
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GENERAL COURSE OF THE TIGRIS.
The two Sources of the River.—The Town of Diyär Bekr described.—Junction of the two
Branches near ’Osman Keiu.—The Bitlis Chä'i and Sert fall into the Diyär Bekr
branch near Til.—Brief description of Mosul and Nineveh.—The dykes of Nimnid
and Ismael. Ruins of Sämarrah.—The Median Wall described.—State of the Tigris
from Mosul to Baghdad.—The Diyälah River described,—Bifurcation of the Tigris at
Kut el ’amärah,—Probable Bed of the Chaldean Lake,
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GENERAL COURSE OF THE EUPHRATES;
The two Sources of the Euphrates in Armenia.—Chasms at Kernakh and Pash-tash.—
The Euphrates joined by the Muräd Chäi.—Town and Castle of Bir,—Difference of
level between the Euphrates at Bir and the Mediterranean.—The deserted towns of
Zelehi.—The Khäbtir enters the Euphrates.—Course of the River to Werdi—Bend of
the Euphrates near Haditha.—The Canal of Safcläwiyah joins the Euphrates and
Tigris.—State of the Euphrates at Hillih.—Town of Lamlum.—Mouth of the
Euphrates.
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