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4 COURSE OF THE KIZIL-IRMA'K. [CHAP. I.
lakes, 1 run W. by S. through the valley of Koch-hisar
towards Sivas, with a sufficient body to float timber from the
forests in the mountains; 2 and at 11 miles E. by S. from
Anti-Taums. P^ ace 3 the river is 60 paces wide. At three miles short
of the city the stream sweeps northward, but again resumes
the previous direction, running close by the houses; and from
thence it tends towards the hills which form the abutments
Anti-Taum S . of the Anti-Taurus. In this part of its course the river is
augmented by several small affluents, so that at 55 miles
W. by S. from the place above-mentioned it has a breadth of
100 yards, and is crossed by a handsome bridge of 17 arches.
The onward course continues as before in the general direc
tion of W. by S. ; and, after passing about 15 miles distant
from Kaisenyeh on the northern side, it receives a tributary
which runs into it from the north; and again, a few
miles westward, another on the opposite side, called the
Kara su, a considerable stream, which comes from the
Taurus, and skirts the southern slope of the lofty Arjish
Tagh (Argseus). The bed of the Kizil Irmak westward of
Siyas is almost always narrow and deep, being hemmed in by
heights composed of soft, pliable, and soluble materials. 4
Below Yarapason it flows through a country alternately of
volcanic rocks and saliferous deposits: and here it receives
the Tatlar river, besides its greatest southern tributary, the
river of Akajik, or Argustana; which seems to correspond
with the southern Halys of Pliny. 5 This junction takes
place near the beautiful vale of Parnassus, on entering which
the Halys is repelled by the granite rocks of Sari-bulak
Tagh; 6 and m 38° 41' N. latitude, it has attained its most
westerly point, 7 being about 400 miles from its source.
Here it makes a short bend towards the east, and then runs
nearly north through a fine open valley, generally covered
with saliferous deposits, between the Baranli Tagh on the
1 Such as Tuz-li Goli, Tuz-li Hisar, &c.
2 Mr. Brant's Journey, Vol. VI. Part II., p. 214, of Royal Geog. Journal.
1 crossed the river here in 1831.
5 MS. of Mr. Ainsworth on the river Halys and its affluents.
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