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THE JAIHAN.
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branch. 1 The trunk, here known as the Saurun Chai, or Courec and
Adanah-su, now flows east-south-eastward, receiving a great theSaiMn" 0
many feeders as it winds through the deep and wild valleys
of the Taurus, from which, bearing the name of the Urlinjah-
su, it finally issues, having a breadth of 170 feet, and such a
depth that ferry-boats are indispensable throughout the
remaining 12 miles of its eastern course. Near the village
of Jakli Guba, a considerable stream, the Mamish Chai, comes
into it from the north; and, after this accession to its waters,
the trunk of the Saihun scoops a valley bed first southward,
and then south-westward, through the plain, to Adana, where
it has a width of 1050 feet; its course from thence continues
as before for upwards of 30 miles through the rich alluvion
of Campestris to the estuary already noticed.
The next river, the Jaihan, has a still longer course, and. Branches of
like the preceding, it has two principal branches. One of
these flows from the Anti-Taurus westward to A1 Bostan ;
from whence, after being joined by two affluents from the
north, it continues in the previous direction for about eight
miles. Here it is joined by another tributary, which in
coming from the slopes of the Bel-li Gedik range 2 gives to it
a southerly direction ; and a little onward it is joined by a
more considerable stream from the west. The latter has two
branches: the northern, the Goksun-su, after an eastern
course of about 30 miles, receives the Tengin Dereh-su from
the S.W., just before it falls into the Jaihan. This last now
takes a southerly direction, receiving, as it flows onward, the
Nargileh Suyu from the'east; again, the Ternis-su from the
west; and finally carrying a considerable body of water
through the deep and wooded valleys of Taurus proper, till
at a spot about nine miles S. W. of Mar'ash it is joined by the
other principal branch. 3 The latter, in making a gentle sweep
1 From a part of a manuscript Survey of Cappadocia kindly sent by Major
Fischer of the Prussian Engineers, through Professor Ritter of Berlin.
I Between A1 Bostdn and Derendah. Mr. Ainsworth's Journey, Vol. X.,
p. ill; p. 319 of the Royal Geographical Journal.
3 From a Manuscript Survey of a part of Asia Minor, kindly sent through
Professor Ritter, by Baron Molke of the Prussian service.
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