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Mineralogy.
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The beft liorfés' in Äfiatic Turkey-are of Arabian extrad* alt# are
Iparingiy fed, with a little barky-and minced ftraw, to accuffom them
to abftirieàcé and fatigue; but'mules and afles are in more general ufe.
^pîicéfïfîftg the breed'-of cattle littfeîs mentioned by travellers, but it
Jeéiîfe1'inferior to thofe: of Europe ; and beef is feairce- and bad. The
mutton is fupéïtor ; ' and the kid is ä favourite- repafti’f
J in Afiaiic Turkey appears ^tbat king ôf fer^buâ -^Â#
lion, Which is uhknown to any région of Europe, and even-to Afiafic
Riiffia. Yet he rar$y roams to .the weft-of the Euphrates but Töur-
Befott obferved many ' tigers on mount Ararat. "He muft ,mean?th&
•fmivll tiger, or perhaps the leopard or the mosuntaia cat j, for' the, rp,y$ '
or/lWgferigéfr-fepms to be Trgfl rifled to the waiter of ^ndolfcu*, The
hyæna, and the wildboar, "are known. animals, of Afta Minor, j, and
the jackal ranges in troops, which, rftife- dreadful qsj,es^ig|tbe ^^ht,r but
the fable pf their accompanying, the lion is Juffly exploded. The cities
and villages fwarm with dogs, who are allowed to wander, as a Confiant
defence againft ftrahgers or endjes. ,
The ibex, or rock goat, appears on the fummits of Cauegfefö. The
lingular goats and cits of Angora have been already mentioned. The
gazel, a kind of antelope, is alfo an inhabitant of Afia Minor - 'with
numerous deer and” hares. The partridges are generally of' the red
legged kind, about a third larger than the common European. : Of fifh
' there are numerous nkihes, and many öf them äfe excellent. The ‘ difficulties
of travelling have confiderably abridged out knowledge of the
-zoology of thefe Various regions, Haffelquift, the difdple of Lrnnseus,.
having paffed from Smyrna to Alexandria, and chiefly occupied himfelf
in the natural hiftory of Paleftine and Egypt.
The mind-alogy erf 1 extenfive and mouhtafnous provinces
remains in a deplorable ftate of imperfedion. Ancient'Lydia -was
famous for the produdiem of gold ; but in modern times no mines
feem to be indicated, except thofe of copper which fupply Tokat. The
indolence of the Turks, or indeed their induftrymdeftruétion, is alike
inimical to metallurgy and agriculture. Haffelquift obferved lead and
« Haffelquift, p. 192,'ïays thattlïe Iheep of Anti Libanus have fometimes a cruft on theirteeth*
with tfee perfeft appearance o f yellow pyrites. It is imputed to the. grafs or lucera.
l S copper
copper- ore, with rack cryft&JSfSn the iflapd of Cyprus. But his account Minsr^io-
•of oriental minerals.-only contains' whfetAohe^andfjjiatronii-'llpth Egyp-
t ian ;and heUpferms' u&ithattMpTes'muft have inferibed the" laws on
gra-nife, w h i d b I Q r e b a-ni'^nouot Sinai/v Tb e, m oun-
taiW^t)f;|udl^ he, fays, are of a* very hard li-saefton^f^W yellowilh. .
white ^ and toward%M'e'aff-^,'aliiG©fe ^r-eyi^uieftoniey^V^i1 be-the.
pr&fohn,d5ft|rferva.tipns of a paturalift, what is to be expeded feoip. other
travefle^sT •_ fci ^ - J
’ The moft noted m^f^i^wafpESiare thpfe,;p|;$h'u%,. asp ,bpttornf-o^ Mineral Wa.
mthW- Olypit^'t^rhe baths are Jpltmdid^aq^p^y-ed with, marbfi^.
with twor feferyoirs :oy ,rather-, dfterns»:fbr* bathing,^i^p^fer tmen,
’Another fepUhe^^toCn. The‘wa’tjr and is
Wa'¥'.f/'''f«ajdt the hand ; but in the ,batbs it is rMfigk| with cold water
from theWmmerous ftreams of Olympus. vT^ere ^ e , .'feany o^.her ho*
fpringhin different quarters of J f' V“ y * &|||j
-yTbe, natural curioftties, and finghlircfeatures,- of fe mountainous a Na^alGuw
country, muft be numerous; but as fuch feldoip occur,i%the.beaten-' n-', ieiK
. tracks, and there is no fafety in wifiting diftant reefffe*, the.cjiofen.
haunts of banditti, it is no wonder that;th|sbtopic is left, barren b y travellers.
The beautiful- mazes of the Minder have, been celebrated from
early antiquity ; and it is probable that Jbe large fait lake, in? the cen-
tre of Aba Miner, might afford a xurious ptjed.of inveftigation. . Dr.
Chandler7 deferibes the Angular cliff near Pambouk or Hferapolis, produced
by the,hot petrifying waters* and refembli-ng .an immpfe feppn
cafcade;''as if the water had hem fixed and fuddenly c^vertedt^ftona.
In the fame vicinity is a cavevremarkable for pernicious effluvia.
ISLANDS BELONGING TQ ASIATIC TURKEY.
T he chief iflands in the Archipelago,; confidernfas belonging to
Afia, are Mytilene, Scio,'Samos,-Cos, and Rhodes.
1 b 7 Pv*3°* Mytilene„