!['The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎51] (98/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0099.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎51] (98/905)")
'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [51] (98/905)
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CHAP. III.] THE JAKHJAKHAH AND HOLI TRIBUTARIES.
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brownish-grey limestone, tlie blocks of which are so closely
fitted that no cement is visible. 1 The river Tharthar, which The Tharthar.
passes about a mile eastward of the city, is so deep that Dr.
Ross and his party were obliged to swim their horses across. 2
Its general course is S.E. and S. by E. ; but if it reached the
Tigris in the time of Abu-l-feda, it does so no longer; for
Mr. Fitzjames crossed it on his route from Baghdad, near a
spot where it is lost in the sand 3 and marshes. 4
To return to the Jakhjakhah. After continuing to flow The
about eight miles to the S.W., it receives the Kaukab (star), Jakh ^ akhah '
a considerable tributary, coming from a point rather to the
eastward of Mardin nearly by a S.E. course; and, having
received this addition to its waters, the Jakhjakhah proceeds
in the same direction for a few miles, when it turns almost
due south, and thus enters the Khabur.
The course of the main stream continues as before, nearly
S.E., for a short distance, when it receives the Holi. 5 This
stream, the H61 of the Kurds and Yezids, 6 has its source
two hours N.W. of Khatuniyah, and joins the main branch,
now called the Khabur, after a course of two hours
w.s.w.
The Holi, or Hauli, has hitherto been considered as the and the H6i,.
principal branch of the Hermas ; but we now find that the
Holi, instead of being a considerable river, is merely a short
affluent to the Khabur, and, moreover, there does not appear
to be any other tributary to the latter in the fertile country
about the small mountain town of Sinjar ; 7 so that the
name of Hauli is merely connected with the main trunk,
and not its tributary, the Mygdonius. The course of the
1 Vol. IX. Part III., of the Royal Geographical Journal, p. 468.
2 Ibid., p. 455.
8 See Map. 4 I bid -
5 Hauli, i. e. variable, or changeable; in the plural, Hawaii, the A1 Hauh
of Rennell.
6 Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol. IX. Part III., p. 423.
7 Three copious springs rise near the town of Sinjar, and form a stream
of some size, which irrigates an extensive space of cultivated plain, but is lost
after a course of 13 or 14 miles.— Journal of the Royal Geographical Society,
Vol. IX. Part III., p. 415.
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The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.
Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. . Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.
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- 'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.'
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- front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:30, 1:8, 8a, 8a, 9:34, 34a:34b, 35:48, 48a:48b, 49:92, 92a:92b, 93:114, 114a:114b, 115:116, 116a:116b, 117:138, 138a:138b, 139:189, 188:198, 198a:198b, 199:208, 208a:208b, 209:212, 212a:212b, 213:230, 230a:230b, 231:266, 266a:266b, 267:310, 310a:310b, 311:324, 324a:324b, 325:336, 336a:336b, 337:350, 350a:350b, 351:368, 368a:368b, 369:392, 392a:392b, 393:406, 406a:406b, 407:426, 426a:426b, 427:432, 432a:432b, 433:470, 470a:470b, 471:490, 490a:490b, 491:526, 526a:526b, 527:596, 596a:596b, 597:616, 616a:616b, 617:622, 622a:622b, 623:636, 636a:636b, 637:704, 704a, 705, 705, 707:802, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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