'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.' [449] (534/905)
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CHAPTER XIX.
PiSHALIKS OF TRIPOLI AND 'AKKA.
Mountains, Rivers, and Sub-divisions of Tripoli.—Towns of Tortosa, Markab,
Jebili, and Ladikiyeh.—El Futeh and Districts of the Interior.—City of
Tripoli, Ancient and Modern.—Island of Cyprus; Extent, Surface, &c.—
Towns of Nikosia, Famagosta, and Larnika.—Products.—Ancient Names
and History.
PdsMlik of 'Akkd; Limits, &c,—Plains of Jezreel, Esdraelon, &c.—Villages
of Nairi, Ehdor, &c.—Mount Tabor.—Mountains of the Druses and Ma-
ronites.—Rivers.—Towns of Beirut and Sidon.—Deir-el-Kammar.—Palace
of Beteddin.—Zahle.—Tomb of Noah.—Ruins of Heusn Nieha.—Pyramids.
—Ba'albek.—Towns of Galilee, Beisan, Ginea, Jezreel, Nazareth, Safet.—
Tyre.—The Ladder.—Mount Carmel.—'Akka, or Acre.
T he Eyalet, formerly the Pashalik of Tarabolus, is situated Extent of
between the Pashalik of Aleppo and those of Damascus ara 0 U8 '
and Akka; it is separated from the first by the line striking
from Ras-el-Basit towards the Orontes, 1 and it extends
southward from thence along the second district till it meets
the third in the Kesruan; having the Mediterranean Sea on
the west, and the Lebanon and Nosairian ranges for its
eastern limits.
With the exception of a plain, extending along the coast its features,
from Tripoli to Ladikiyeh, this tract consists almost entirely
of a chain of mountains, whose eastern side rises abruptly
from the level country; whilst, on the western, there are
numerous offset branches, consisting of steep ridges and
deep valleys, succeeding one another till they terminate in
bold hills near the coast.
The Orontes forms part of the eastern limits; the other
streams, which have comparatively short courses, partake of
vol. i.
1 See above, page 410.
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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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