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11. KHARAX AND GRAOS GALA.
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and in Boissier's Flora Orientalis1 it is mentioned that on the
shores of inland salt lakes in Asia Minor Artemisia Maritima, a
species of absinth, and Salicornia Herbacea are abundant. He does
not specially mention this lake; but it is the most familiar and
often-visited of all the salt lakes, being so near the coast. Pliny also
speaks of the reeds that grow in the Anaiticus Lacus as being remark-
ably good for making pens ; but it is doubtful whether the statement
does not refer to the lake that extends between Synaos and Ancyra
in the north-west of Phrygia2. The gradual progress of Turkish
occupation in the country round lake Anava has been described in
relating the conquest of the Lycos valley Ch. I §§ 8, 9, 10. Passing
under Turkish power in 1071, it was for the time recovered by John
Comnenus. But Manuel seems never to have held it; and it was
obviously quite nomadized (except the Christian village Lampe) in
1176.
lake, whereas the lake of Sanaos is
bitter and actually bears the name
' Bitter-Salt-Lake.' The land round the
former is fertile and highly cultivated,
except where it is marshy: the banks
of the latter are clad with 'a species
of salicornia' (Hamilton Discoveries I
p. 501).
1 So my friend Prof. Trail of Aberdeen
points out to me.
2 XVI157: Probations Cnidii {calami)
et qui in Asia circa Anaiticum locum
nascuntur: the MS. reading is Anaeti-
cum; Barbarus suggested Anaiticum.
I have seen immense beds of reeds in
the Simav lake ; but do not remember
them as characteristic of the lake of
Sanaos. Arundel however mentions that
he 'could not approach [Adji-Tuz-Gol]
for the rushes, among which flowed a
spring or two of sweet water,' Seven
Churches]). 104. Blumnerand all other
authorities whom I have consulted de-
clare that the lake in question was
in the district of Anaitis beyond the
Euphrates ; but the term Asia used by
Pliny can hardly be interpreted here
(proprie vocataY 102) in a sense so wide
as to include that district.
231
and in Boissier's Flora Orientalis1 it is mentioned that on the
shores of inland salt lakes in Asia Minor Artemisia Maritima, a
species of absinth, and Salicornia Herbacea are abundant. He does
not specially mention this lake; but it is the most familiar and
often-visited of all the salt lakes, being so near the coast. Pliny also
speaks of the reeds that grow in the Anaiticus Lacus as being remark-
ably good for making pens ; but it is doubtful whether the statement
does not refer to the lake that extends between Synaos and Ancyra
in the north-west of Phrygia2. The gradual progress of Turkish
occupation in the country round lake Anava has been described in
relating the conquest of the Lycos valley Ch. I §§ 8, 9, 10. Passing
under Turkish power in 1071, it was for the time recovered by John
Comnenus. But Manuel seems never to have held it; and it was
obviously quite nomadized (except the Christian village Lampe) in
1176.
lake, whereas the lake of Sanaos is
bitter and actually bears the name
' Bitter-Salt-Lake.' The land round the
former is fertile and highly cultivated,
except where it is marshy: the banks
of the latter are clad with 'a species
of salicornia' (Hamilton Discoveries I
p. 501).
1 So my friend Prof. Trail of Aberdeen
points out to me.
2 XVI157: Probations Cnidii {calami)
et qui in Asia circa Anaiticum locum
nascuntur: the MS. reading is Anaeti-
cum; Barbarus suggested Anaiticum.
I have seen immense beds of reeds in
the Simav lake ; but do not remember
them as characteristic of the lake of
Sanaos. Arundel however mentions that
he 'could not approach [Adji-Tuz-Gol]
for the rushes, among which flowed a
spring or two of sweet water,' Seven
Churches]). 104. Blumnerand all other
authorities whom I have consulted de-
clare that the lake in question was
in the district of Anaitis beyond the
Euphrates ; but the term Asia used by
Pliny can hardly be interpreted here
(proprie vocataY 102) in a sense so wide
as to include that district.