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SANDUKLI.
[ClIAF. XL,
regard to its position, it appears by the map to be at a
distance of 25 geographical miles from Apamea, taking the
road by the plain of Dombai, which is evidently the most
correct,, and these 25 G. M. agree very well with the 36
M. P. given in the Peutinger Table. It is true the other
distance of 37 M. P. does not agree so well with any situa-
tion which has hitherto been assigned or suspected for Syn-
nada, except Afiom Kara Hissar, from which the distance is
30 G. M.; but nevertheless it is not far wrong.
Having sent on the tatar, baggage, and servants, I had
some difficulty in finding my way across the plain alone, so
intersected was it with marshes and springs. I passed
several villages with a few fragments of ancient blocks and
columns. A mile or two before reaching Sandukli I ob-
served an extensive plain stretching away south, which I
then thought was the plain of Dombai Ova; it is, how-
ever, part of that of Sandukli, that of Dombai being five
hours off. At four I reached the town, surrounded by a
few gardens, and having on the N.E. side an insulated
hill, crowned with the ruins of a castle, with a Turkish or
Cufic inscription over the gateway. In the town I copied
a long inscription * from a pedestal near the mosque. The
place contains from six to seven hundred houses. My
host, Ali Pacha, was formerly Dcre Bey of this district*
and was continued as governor under the Porte for some
time after that office was abolished, but has been since su-
perseded : he pressed me much to remain with him another
day, to visit some hot springs which he affirmed were near
the centre of the plain, about four miles to the right of our
road. Sandukli itself has no appearance of being the site
of an ancient city : the few remains which it contains have
probably been derived from Euphorbium, described before;
but I cannot avoid calling attention to the conclusive argu-
ment, as he supposed, by which llennell has attempted to
prove that Sandukli is on the site of CelsenEe.f
Friday, June 23.—Sandukli to Afiom Kara Hissar, nine
* See Appendix, No. 371. f Uemiell's Western Asia, vol. ii. p. 250.
SANDUKLI.
[ClIAF. XL,
regard to its position, it appears by the map to be at a
distance of 25 geographical miles from Apamea, taking the
road by the plain of Dombai, which is evidently the most
correct,, and these 25 G. M. agree very well with the 36
M. P. given in the Peutinger Table. It is true the other
distance of 37 M. P. does not agree so well with any situa-
tion which has hitherto been assigned or suspected for Syn-
nada, except Afiom Kara Hissar, from which the distance is
30 G. M.; but nevertheless it is not far wrong.
Having sent on the tatar, baggage, and servants, I had
some difficulty in finding my way across the plain alone, so
intersected was it with marshes and springs. I passed
several villages with a few fragments of ancient blocks and
columns. A mile or two before reaching Sandukli I ob-
served an extensive plain stretching away south, which I
then thought was the plain of Dombai Ova; it is, how-
ever, part of that of Sandukli, that of Dombai being five
hours off. At four I reached the town, surrounded by a
few gardens, and having on the N.E. side an insulated
hill, crowned with the ruins of a castle, with a Turkish or
Cufic inscription over the gateway. In the town I copied
a long inscription * from a pedestal near the mosque. The
place contains from six to seven hundred houses. My
host, Ali Pacha, was formerly Dcre Bey of this district*
and was continued as governor under the Porte for some
time after that office was abolished, but has been since su-
perseded : he pressed me much to remain with him another
day, to visit some hot springs which he affirmed were near
the centre of the plain, about four miles to the right of our
road. Sandukli itself has no appearance of being the site
of an ancient city : the few remains which it contains have
probably been derived from Euphorbium, described before;
but I cannot avoid calling attention to the conclusive argu-
ment, as he supposed, by which llennell has attempted to
prove that Sandukli is on the site of CelsenEe.f
Friday, June 23.—Sandukli to Afiom Kara Hissar, nine
* See Appendix, No. 371. f Uemiell's Western Asia, vol. ii. p. 250.