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BAY OF ANT-IOCH.
[CHAP. XVIII.
little affected by malaria. At nine miles from the extremity
of the gulf the village of Arsds marks the site of ancient
Rhosus; it contains about 50 mud houses built along the
banks of a small river, 1 amidst the remains of walls, arches,
and a Corinthian temple. 2
Boundary line The remainder of the coast is the bay of Antioch, or the
pfsSs 1 of entering in of Hamath, 3 of which Cape Khanzir forms the
Tripoli. and northern, and the slopes of Mount Casius at Ras-el-Basit the
southern extremity. From hence, the line separating the
pashalik from that of Tripoli runs eastward along the northern
slopes of Jebel Kraad to Nahr-el-Kebir; from whence it
follows the mountains of the Nosairiyehs, first in an easterly
and then in a southerly direction, skirting the western side
of the Orontes towards Ain-el-Talka; a little short of which
place the line strikes eastward across the mountains of Re'iha, 4
and onward along those of Elahas till it includes the town of
Dei'r and the bank of the Euphrates below that place.
Within these limits, and about 11 miles S.W. of Aleppo,
are the ruins of a castle, and near it a circular basin of
about 150 feet in diameter and upwards of 70 feet deep, with
grottoes excavated in its sides. It is known by the name of
Sunk village, the sunk village; and although probably the crater of an ex
tinct volcano, it has quite the appearance of being artificial.
Fourteen miles farther in the same direction is the village of
Dana, at which are the grottoes, cisterns, sarcophagi, and other
remains of the ancient city of that name. Again, 13 hours
S.W. by W. from Aleppo is the town of Sermein, which is
remarkable for the great number of its cisterns and wells,
and for the troglodyte habitations of the poorer peasants. 5
Nearly 10 miles N.W. by W. from thence stands the pictu
resque town of Edlip with many similar excavations, and also
several Christian remains ; 6 and eight miles south by west of
' Rhosus, built near a river at the foot of Ris-el-Khanzir.—Jaubert's Edrisi,
tome VI., p. 132.—Recueil de Voyages.
s MS. Journal of Mr. Fitzjames, R.N.
8 See the Boundaries of the Promised Land, &c., by the Rev. Dr. Keith,
pp. 92 to 144. 4 Burckhardt's Travels in Syria, p. 132.
Ibid., pp. 121, 122. 6 Ibid., p. 122; and Mr. Ainsworth's MS. Journal.