"بعثة لإجراء عملية مسح لنهري دجلة والفرات، تم تنفيذها بأمر من الحكومة البريطانية، في السنوات ١٨٣٥، ١٨٣٦، ١٨٣٧؛ تسبقها إشعارات جغرافية وتاريخية للمناطق الواقعة بين نهري النيل والسند. في أربعة مجلّدات. مع أربع عشرة خريطة ورسمًا، ومزينة بثلاث عشرة لوحة، بالإضافة للعديد من الرسومات بالحفر على الخشب. المجلّد الأول." [‎١‎٤‎٩] (٩٠٥/٢٠٤)

CHAP, VII.] MINGRELIA, PRODUCTS AND PEOPLE.
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in 41° 50' E. longitude, to the mountain ridge separating it inhabitants,
from the borders of Georgia, in 43° 40' E. longitude, is 75
miles; it has, therefore, a superficies of 3036 square miles,
with a population of 127,826 persons, chiefly Imiretians, but
mixed with about 4000 Armenians, Ossetians, and Jews. It
is well watered by the Rhion, or Phasis, and its tributaries;
and, being sheltered by the Caucasus on the north, the climate
is mild: although mountainous, the country yields the pro
ducts of warm climates; but in certain places the forests
engender malaria. It is divided into the districts of Kutai's,
Vahi, Shoropan, and Rachi, each of which is locally
governed by an intendant, who is assisted by two native
officers. Kutais, on the Rhion, the only town of Imiretia,
scarcely contains 2000 inhabitants: this is the residence of
the Russian governor, who commands the districts westward
of Georgia, but is himself subject to the governor-general of
the trans-Caucasian provinces.
Mingrelia lies westward of the preceding province, and Extent and
extends along the Phasis to the Black Sea , its length, from Mingrelia.
thence to the Caucasus, is about 45 miles, and its breadth,
where widest, is 40 miles j and it has a superficies of 175^
square miles. The population amounts to 127,826 persons,
Armenians, Jews, and Abkasians, besides a mountain tribe,
the Swanets, who are scarcely known even by name. The
soil, climate, and products resemble those of Imiretia. The
country is divided into the districts of Sennakh, Legchoom,
and Zoogdet; and it has Abasia on the N.W., with Guria on
the south. The latter province has a superficies of almost
900 square miles, chiefly of forests, 2 lying between Mingrelia,
the Black Sea, and the Turkish possessions. The soil is very
fertile, and the products similar to those of the neighbouring
countries. It is divided into two districts, each having a town
of the same name ; viz., Ozoorget and Nagomar; and there is,
besides, the important fortress of Poti at the mouth of the
Rhion. The population amounts to nearly 37,000 souls,
partly Armenians, but chiefly Georgians ; the religion is that
1 Aper<ju, &c., Tome I., pp. 18 to 21.
2 As in the time of Strabo, lib. XI., p. 498.