baslalti- FrOm hencC; a limestone ridge, tlie Lelin-Tagh;
extends iW a- south-Wesf-erly direction by A’ziaz to’ tihe culminating
point of Sheik Barakat, and1 onward as far as the disfricfi
of Ariiianas; Sending off to> the West the Anguli-Tagh, which
ultimately flanks the valley of the Oronfosto the east. Again,
rnorb eastward; und'ulatihg hills separate the rich and extensive'
plain* of Aleppo from1 the almost unoccupied country
which-, with1 the' exceptions of Jebehel-Has, JfebehehAmri;
and the triple range of J'ebel Dana' Tagh; Stretching southward
of Mlnhedj; consists' of a leVei sheepd-racf extending
froiW thence to* the1 right bank of the Euphrates’.
In general the soil throughout the1 Pashalik of Aleppo is
excellent;-and its climate* so1 goOd that it has' Been compared by
B it Heifer to that of southern Austria1; but although admitting
of a fourth variety, the temperatures* to Which it is
Subject will be1 found to correspond to drite or another of the
thrennatural subdivisions of the-territory: these last are distinctly*
marked- by their Structure, their aspect, their elevation,
and their animal as well as their vegetable productions:
The* first of the zones or belts contains the warm districts
stretching alottg the eastern and* Western1 slopes of the
AmaiSufe'i The former portion comprises the' level tracts
lying along the' lower part of the Southern Orontes, together
With those of the ancient'Gkmpes Martius, and the extensive'
plain of ’U-mli, Which surrounds1 the lake of Antioch, and is
entirely-1 composed1 of lacustrine deposits at an elevation of
305' feet above1 the" Mediterranean- Sea. The ridges and'
higher, ground along the valleys of the Yagra, the Afrin, the
Kard.Sd,-&o., are occupied by the stone-built hamletS of the'
Kurds and some* few'Turkoman villages' ;, the level tracts,
which are1 also- Without tbWns, being partly coveted with
impenetrable-beds* of gigantic thistles rising to the height of
10* or’12 foet, and partly occupied by the Turkomans, whose
camps< artd flocks- extend* for some distance round1’ Murad
Pasha. The remainder of the' territory, which includes the
classic ground bordering upon the shores of the Mediterranean,
may be considered as divided- into two portions by the
remarkable headland of Ras-el-Khanzir. In the more north