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CHAPTER XVIII
LINE OF THE TRADE-ROUTE TO THE EAST
§ 1. The Trade-Route to the East p. 747. § 2. Metropolitanus Campus p. 749.
§3. Euphorbium p.750. §4. Okoklia p.751. §5. Sibidoundap. 751. §6. Lysias
p. 754. § 7. Oiniatai p. 755.
■Appendix. Inscriptions p. 756.
§ 1. The Trade-Route to the East. My intention was to
describe the great Highway in this chapter. But the evidence is
still very inadequate, and few points are fixed with certainty; and,
as Mr. J. G. C. Anderson expects to explore the region very soon, it
seems better to reserve the fuller discussion to the next volume, and
give here only a few facts that seem fairly certain, and may guide
further exploration.
The Eastern Highway, after traversing the valley of Aurokra
(Dombai-Ova, 3400), crosses a mountain ridge (where its course
is plainly visible to the traveller whose eyes are open), ascend-
ing from Akche-Keui and reaching a summit level of slightly over
4000 ft. At 19 miles from Apameia by railway survey (probably 1 %
in direct distance ' by road), it enters Gungermez-Ova, a small glen
among the hills, 3976ft. over sea level; and about 1% miles it reaches
the long level plain called Tchul-Ovasi or Turkmen-Ova, Campus
Metropolitanus, stretching towards N.E., and entirely shut in by
mountains, on the left Gumalar-Dagh (p. 677), and on the right
Korru-Dagh (dividing it from the plain of Apollonia, Kara-Arslan
Ova). At 31 miles it passes Okchular near Metropolis, the lowest
point in the plain, 3770 ft., where the water of the valley collects in
a marsh (in winter probably a small lake).
At 39 miles, the railway passes Gumulu, 4003 ft., and then crosses
the Kiz-Kapan pass at no great elevation (41 miles), and enters
another valley of irregular shape and considerable extent, called by
1 The projected railway has great and thereafter from Dombai-Ova: it
difficulty in rising first from Dineir-Ova loses probably 7 miles in winding
2850 to cross Djebel-Sultan (tunnel3600), course.
LINE OF THE TRADE-ROUTE TO THE EAST
§ 1. The Trade-Route to the East p. 747. § 2. Metropolitanus Campus p. 749.
§3. Euphorbium p.750. §4. Okoklia p.751. §5. Sibidoundap. 751. §6. Lysias
p. 754. § 7. Oiniatai p. 755.
■Appendix. Inscriptions p. 756.
§ 1. The Trade-Route to the East. My intention was to
describe the great Highway in this chapter. But the evidence is
still very inadequate, and few points are fixed with certainty; and,
as Mr. J. G. C. Anderson expects to explore the region very soon, it
seems better to reserve the fuller discussion to the next volume, and
give here only a few facts that seem fairly certain, and may guide
further exploration.
The Eastern Highway, after traversing the valley of Aurokra
(Dombai-Ova, 3400), crosses a mountain ridge (where its course
is plainly visible to the traveller whose eyes are open), ascend-
ing from Akche-Keui and reaching a summit level of slightly over
4000 ft. At 19 miles from Apameia by railway survey (probably 1 %
in direct distance ' by road), it enters Gungermez-Ova, a small glen
among the hills, 3976ft. over sea level; and about 1% miles it reaches
the long level plain called Tchul-Ovasi or Turkmen-Ova, Campus
Metropolitanus, stretching towards N.E., and entirely shut in by
mountains, on the left Gumalar-Dagh (p. 677), and on the right
Korru-Dagh (dividing it from the plain of Apollonia, Kara-Arslan
Ova). At 31 miles it passes Okchular near Metropolis, the lowest
point in the plain, 3770 ft., where the water of the valley collects in
a marsh (in winter probably a small lake).
At 39 miles, the railway passes Gumulu, 4003 ft., and then crosses
the Kiz-Kapan pass at no great elevation (41 miles), and enters
another valley of irregular shape and considerable extent, called by
1 The projected railway has great and thereafter from Dombai-Ova: it
difficulty in rising first from Dineir-Ova loses probably 7 miles in winding
2850 to cross Djebel-Sultan (tunnel3600), course.