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CHAP. XVI.] CLIMATE OF THE CENTRAL UPLANDS. 361
cold from their elevation, enjoy a fine and moderate climate. Mildness of
more especially in the plains and valleys described in the PontU8 -
Xllth Chapter. But on the other side of this river a marked
change is experienced. The bare plains of Galatia and Cen
tral Phrygia are succeeded by the woodless Axylus, 1 and the
cold and bare Lycaonia. 8 These tracts have an ordinary ele
vation, which varies between 2250 feet above the sea at Kulah, 3
to 3000 feet in the Iflani of Za'faran Boli, 4 and amounts
to about 4000 feet at the plains of Podalia and the corn dis
trict between Lycia and Caria. 5 Being for the most part with
out timber, and scantily supplied with the necessary verdure
to assist in preserving moisture during summer, the surface
becomes parched by the extreme heat of the latter season.
Large portions of the country, especially the districts near
Katakekaumene, are now, as in ancient times, exposed to fre
quent earthquakes, 6 one of which convulsions desolated Kai-
sariyeh in August, 1836. Towards autumn another change
is experienced, and the table-land in question is deluged with
torrents of rain, soon after the cessation of which it is covered
with snow, as the harbinger of a severe and lengthened
winter.
The elevation and the exposure of the surface on these Extremes of
upland plains readily account for that extreme temperature fn the nd 0014
which so greatly contracts the periods most suitable for the u P laild8 -
exploratory journeys of the traveller and the agricultural
occupations of the people. To the former, such rapid changes
cannot be otherwise than extremely dangerous, since they are
accompanied by every shade of temperature, from the severe
cold at night to the powerful noon-day heat; but time has at
length enabled the natives to withstand their effects. When
1 Liv., Hist. lib. XXXVIII., c. *viii.
s Strabo, lib. XII., p. 568.
3 Mr. W. J. Hannilton's Journey, Vol. VIII. Part II., p. 142, of the Royal
Geographical Journal.
* Mr. Ainsworth's Journey to Angora, Vol. IX. Part II., p. 243, of the
Royal Geographical Journal.
6 Mr. Fellowes's Second Journal, p. 249 ; and the upland of Phrygia is still
more elevated : ibid., p. 150.
8 Strabo, lib. XII., p. 519.
VOL. I. ^ ^

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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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Chesney, Francis Rawdon
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