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SOURCES OF THE SANGARIUS.
[Chap. xxv.
this important river. I have said that we crossed the Sakaria
at Tchander, which is distant about fifteen miles W. of Pes-
sinus: while there I inquired of the Turcoman peasants
respecting the sources of the river, and was told that they
were in a lake about four hours off to the west; besides
which there is another branch which flows from the S. in
the direction of Emir Dagh, the sources of which may be
nearer.
On the whole then I think the position of Pessinus is
based on satisfactory evidence; and confirmed as it is by the
subsequent discovery of an inscription at Sevri Hissar,* it
will serve as an important key towards verifying the geo-
graphy of this part of Asia Minor ; and we may soon hope
to be able to trace the whole march of the Roman army
under Manlius, besides ascertaining the sites of Gordium
and Amorium, j and many other less important towns.
Sunday, September 18.—I halted this day at Sevri
Hissar, and spent some time in the afternoon copying in-
scriptions in the town, amongst which was No. 147, which
my Armenian cicerone stated had been brought from Bala
Hissar, with all the other antiquities in the town. It con-
tained the name of TOAIETOBfi,... nEEEINOTNTIflN,
the very place I was in search of, and completely confirmed
my conjecture respecting the site of Pessinus.J After pay-
ing a short visit to the Governor, I prepared to ascend
the highest summit of the ridge which rises immediately
behind the town. A little below the top are the ex-
tensive remains of an old Turkish castle, perched upon
a rocky eminence; this fortress formerly belonged to Ya-
siji Oglu Bey, who was for nineteen years the tyrant and
Dere Bey of Sevri Hissar; after many vain attempts
on the part of the government to seize and punish him
for his cruelty and rapacious conduct, Choppan Oglu at
* See Appendix, No. 147.
f Colonel Leake, Tour in Asia Minor, pp. 78-86.
I On referring to the inscriptions in Macdonald Kinneir's work, I observe that
in his copy of this inscription he has left out the very line which contained the
name of the city.
SOURCES OF THE SANGARIUS.
[Chap. xxv.
this important river. I have said that we crossed the Sakaria
at Tchander, which is distant about fifteen miles W. of Pes-
sinus: while there I inquired of the Turcoman peasants
respecting the sources of the river, and was told that they
were in a lake about four hours off to the west; besides
which there is another branch which flows from the S. in
the direction of Emir Dagh, the sources of which may be
nearer.
On the whole then I think the position of Pessinus is
based on satisfactory evidence; and confirmed as it is by the
subsequent discovery of an inscription at Sevri Hissar,* it
will serve as an important key towards verifying the geo-
graphy of this part of Asia Minor ; and we may soon hope
to be able to trace the whole march of the Roman army
under Manlius, besides ascertaining the sites of Gordium
and Amorium, j and many other less important towns.
Sunday, September 18.—I halted this day at Sevri
Hissar, and spent some time in the afternoon copying in-
scriptions in the town, amongst which was No. 147, which
my Armenian cicerone stated had been brought from Bala
Hissar, with all the other antiquities in the town. It con-
tained the name of TOAIETOBfi,... nEEEINOTNTIflN,
the very place I was in search of, and completely confirmed
my conjecture respecting the site of Pessinus.J After pay-
ing a short visit to the Governor, I prepared to ascend
the highest summit of the ridge which rises immediately
behind the town. A little below the top are the ex-
tensive remains of an old Turkish castle, perched upon
a rocky eminence; this fortress formerly belonged to Ya-
siji Oglu Bey, who was for nineteen years the tyrant and
Dere Bey of Sevri Hissar; after many vain attempts
on the part of the government to seize and punish him
for his cruelty and rapacious conduct, Choppan Oglu at
* See Appendix, No. 147.
f Colonel Leake, Tour in Asia Minor, pp. 78-86.
I On referring to the inscriptions in Macdonald Kinneir's work, I observe that
in his copy of this inscription he has left out the very line which contained the
name of the city.