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CHAP. XIII.] THE ANCIENT CYDNUS.
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Buyuk Mendereh, after running for a time to the S.W. and
W., receives the Banas Chai and Kopli su, both of which
come from the N.E. After flowing for some time in the
previous, or south-westerly direction, the river is joined on
its southern side by the Tchoruk su, or Lycus, which isTheLycus
formed by numerous tributaries, such as the Ak su, the Gul Sender.
Bunar su, &c. The Mseander now inclines a little more
westward, and is increased by the Kara su (Mosynus), the
Arpah su, the Cheena Chai' (Marsyas), and many inferior
tributaries, as it makes a tortuous course between Lydia and
Caria, till it enters the Mediterranean nearly opposite
Patmos.
On the south-western side of the peninsula are the copious
streams watering the plains of Cilicia, two of which have
their most distant sources in the Anti-Taurus, northward of
A1 Bostan, and subsequently traverse the whole width of the
Taurus from north to south in a remarkable manner: again,
farther west, the high ground north of Golek Boghaz
separates the western branch of the ancient Sarus from the
principal source of a third stream, the river of Tarsus.
The latter is the celebrated Cydnus, which, under the Rise and
name of the Mezarluk Chai, has its rise in the heart of the cydnus.
great chain, and on the southern slope of the elevated ground
in question; from whence it flows by Golek Boghaz, winding
S.S. eastward through the pass, and along the plain in the
same general direction, receiving in this part of its course,
but more particularly on the western side, several affluents
coming from the southern slopes of the Taurus. A short
distance from Tarsus the Cydnus breaks over, and partly
through a ledge of brecciated rocks, with a fall of about 18
feet, resembling that of SchafFhausen in miniature; it is,
however, more picturesque, since it forms several wooded
islands as it approaches the town. A little southward of
the city it receives a considerable feeder from the north, and
taking nearly the direction of the latter, the trunk has a
south-westerly course through the alluvial plain to the shores
of the Mediterranean.
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