MouStaiks! Hefoysthat a fryfy journey would be refdked to vifit tbe futmmtof
thfe mountain:.; (.and ;adds that ifefe oaerl ofehe high# in Afiar. .rMany
fatal lftreims fpcing >om ©lympdsv and .the large lake ofUlkbadis
another receptacle ©f its waters. -
Ida, About 140 milCs to the weft of Olympus r-ifes mount Ida, of great
though hot equal .height. The ftrmmit of Ida was by the anciettts
called Garganus} from which extend weftem prominences reaching' to *
the Hellespont, »and amidft them ftood the celebrated- city of Troy:
GargantiS, or the fummit of Ida, being'about pntilesfrom-themre;
afid giving fource to the'Grahicus,'the Snoots, iand Other rittted- Urea its,
mod Of Which run to the north, ^ ,
Other remarkable mountains oft thiselafiieal fhorewfcfe thofc Of Rhea,
at aft equal diftance between Ida and Olympus. i;Mount Pedafalfebbis'
merely ffie fouifafa exu&mky of Rhea1. Farther i&'.iheY^tftH the
moirfttams> ihay pdrhaps be confidered as branching front the Taurus,t
S u ch as therange Which-paffes from the head o f tjie M^nda* and
forms'the promontory oppofite to Sci’o, known in different d3 tri<2 s*by
the ancient names of Meffogis, TmoTus, Sipylus, ^ c u s ^ n d Mimas;
while another branch, paffes along the fhore.to, the mouth of theMeander,
ptofenting the heights of Corax, Gallefus, and Mycdle, the raft opoolite
to Samos. . ... ...
To the fouth -ofthe Minder, or Meander, thesaurus, detaches a
•chain, called Cadmus and Grius, bending tpwards.the ifle of Co.S and.
the Cyclades. m m
v a. 'Theft numerous mountains in Afiatic Turkey are. often domed
-with immenfe forefts of pines, oaks, beeches, elms, and other h ep V The
Southern fliores of the Black Sea alfo prefent many gloomy. JpeAs • of
great extent. This abundance of timber fppplies the Inhabit^ with
fuel . nor has pit coal been explored in any part of Afiatic Turkey.
Sometimes conflagrations arife, from the heedieft wafte of the carpams;
who, inftead ©f cutting off a few branches, will fet fire to a ftanding
.tree. . , , ■ • . a -> 8 J ‘ , r
The extenfive provinces of Natolia, Syrja, and Mefopotamia, iince
r their reduction under the Turldfh yoke, have been but little acceffible
> ‘ to
to EuPCipeanu-uriefity^ The natural predudijsus ,©f ($y¥ja however, have Botany.
been ip^itigated, tfioughinnTierfeCily, byfèveral uaturalifi^ of ,erpmence)
wmlp'f the mountains j and , rlph, -xailfs '.'of jNalolja towards the great
Caycafian chain 'Wholly faknoym. Theft countries having
flje^^habitpd.andgCmlized frotp the pej^pj^ft antiquity, poJftffing for
the moft part’d'dry joeky.ftai]'; W'i^^-s^'r^yerS t^ian anyipaQ: in Europe
of -equal extent, contain' noue. , low ;|f wampy levels^ ,Lhat
form ft?'tharatfteriftic a feature in' almoft all the" Amerigp’ Countries,
that .cpmpofe |h§fgroa|er part of EEolknd,and occupy no fmall proportion
of Hungary and.-thp dominions north of tpo; jjkltic, Tho|e vegetables
therefore * that )inhabit fwamps, lakes, and. bogs', wMlfbe very Sparingly
found in the ’flora, qf Afiatic Turkey ;»fuqr,v^ll the Indigenous alpipe
plants- be '•mqre numerous; not indeed on .aeppunt of tjre abfence of
jfligh mountains, but from their haying been hithertp/ alinoft entirely
.uneyamine d O f the Jfpanty epdoguppf plants that lipe been found
wild in,the Afiatic.part, pf the Ottoman'territory, the following, are the
moft worthy of -notice,:
Among the trees may be diftinguifhed, olea europxa, the olive tree,
abounding throughout the whole Archipelago and^ the tfhores of the
Levant; falix Babylonica^the weeping wtflow, graceful with itsflender
pendent branches, which Has adorned the bapks ofthe Euphrates from
time immemorial; elaeagnus angultifolius,Jjp$ olive, bearing a. fmall
fw^.éf èfculent fruit; betiila alnusy the 'alder ■ morus ‘ albüsf ’tnewhite 'V|
muïberry'i cferciS filiquaftrum, remarkable fór^ itslong-ftedpods'j '-Z^gp-
''pfi^him fabago, berry ' bearing tea 'j ;melia‘ azedarachy' thf •’tree ;
'flyra^tdffiê&i3S^y<»Séi /rte, from
■ pf the- fame ’ nande'-V: punica granatürh,''yiö^^ ■ m^pilttê pyfa-
bandia1: * amygdaMis IblaSiUnisv e^kibd tree, and amygcfehis * perfida,
peach-tree; cerafus fativfts, cherry, a native of Pontus in Natolia,
whence it was brought to Rome. by Liïöfilltk .^d^attnótttuthy
the Irmrn and orange y cyïiffts laburdfim,'’ p d myrtlèis commuhis,
inyrtle, growing plentifully b y ; the fidë^èf running ftréatós;;,ümüfa
paradifiiica, plantmn tree | rhamnus paliurus ; vi6d*#fnSfejaV vine,- ¥n
a perfeaiy-wild ftate, climbing up the highëft? trees, and forming vér- -
dant grottos among its ample .feftobns ; piftachik ftHtiftus, ' -terebiiithus |
vol. ii. ;v!v ' . ' F ' 1 ' ..