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292 GURUN MOUNTAINS AND ANTI-TAURUS. [CHAP. XIII.
of Gurun. This singular town is in the heart of the moun
tains, and occupies a central point from whence three great
arms may be followed in different directions. One of these is
marked by a double line of groups running north-westward to
the prolongation of the Kara-Bel at the plain of Kaisariyeh ;
and its principal peaks are the Kara Tunus Tagh Yel Gadu-
gi, the Sarichik Tagh (Yellowish Mountain), the Shemah
Tagh (Mount Flambeau), the Teger Tagh, the Viran Shehr
Tagh, and the Khanzir Tagh; which are composed of lime
stone and gypsum, rising at the highest point to about 5400
feet. 1
- Again, on the opposite side of Gurun, the valley of the
Tokhmah-su is bounded by an almost continuous chain,
formed by the groups of Bel-li-Gedik Tagh, rising to 5625
feet, 2 and those of the Akjah Tagh, which are connected
with the slopes of Taurus proper, a little way southward
of Malatiyah.
The third, or remaining branch, which is alpine and
picturesque, diverges almost at a right angle, or south-west
from the valley of the Tokhmah-su, and it incloses the
Tashli Gokcheh, the Kara Bunar, and the Abasil-li valleys
in addition to two extensive plains. The first of these is
surrounded by the groups of the Yel Gadugi, the Gok dil-li
arid a part of the Ali Tagh ranges ; and the second, called the
Ova al Bostan, lies between the flat and lofty limestone ridges
of Casterman, Jebel Sersaf and Kusher Tagh. Towards its
northern termination, with an elevation' probably exceeding
7000 feet, the chain separates the head waters of the Saihun
and Jaiihan, whilst the opposite, and, perhaps, higher extremity
is lost m the southern Taurus. The sides of this extensive
chain are clothed with the largest timber, chiefly pines-
whilst the fissures and ravines have an underwood of arbutus'
myrtle, rose, and other shrubs. Without doubt these moun
tains represent the principal part of the Anti-Taurus, 3 within
Geo g tpht"l JOUrney: V01 - X - ^ II1 " P - 312 ' 0f
2 Ibid., p. 319.
3 Strabo, lib. XL, p. 520, and lib. XII., p. 535.