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and very wild tract of country between Ipek, Scherkoles, Tri- 

 guschna, Trebigne, Zenitza, Bielopol, Plava, Klemenli, and 

 Detschiani. Like the Rhodope, it has no general name. At 

 Scherkoles it is called Kuriloplanina ; behind Ipek Paklen it 

 receives the name of Rosalia Planina ; and at Idljb on the 

 Ibar Stari Kolashin, that of Mokra Planina. This chain seems 

 to run north-east and south-west, and probably attains an 

 elevation of above 6000 feet. Nothing is known about its geo- 

 graphy, except that it gives rise to twelve considerable rivers 

 and to many torrents, among which are the Drina, White Drina, 

 the Zem, the Moracca, the Drina of Bosnia, the Lini, the 

 Vavatz, the Raschka, the Ibar, &c. This chain, like the for- 

 mer, is much v/ooded, and also contains vast pastures, with vil- 

 lages. In other parts it is quite uninhabited, as, for example, 

 to the north-west of Detschiani, where there is a wood or wil- 

 derness ten leagues in extent. 



I may here mention the numerous chains of Bosnia, as it ap- 

 pears that several of them approached the height formerly men- 

 tioned, although none seem to equal the Dormitor, a high chain 

 of inconsiderable extent, having the pyramidal naked form of 

 the dolomite peaks in Southern Tyrol, and lying south-east from 

 Mostar in the Herzegovina. Some people have called this chain 

 Komovi, and placed it near Gusie Kasaba in Herzegovina. It 

 attains an elevation of at least COOO feet. Saxtfraga Diaper- 

 sloides is one of the characteristic plants of the higher summits 

 near Ipek. 



4. The chain of hills next in importance is that called by the 

 ancients Pindus, extending from Mcssovo to the north-west be- 

 yond the lake of Ochrida, and running north-west and south- 

 east. Its southern extremity is connected by a somewhat lower 

 chain with the Olympus, and separates Thessaly from Mace- 

 donia. When seen from a distance, the two chains of the 

 Pindus and Olympus seem to form an arc of a circle, or two 

 sides of a triangle. The height of the first chain cannot be less 

 than 5000 feet, and some of the summits must attain a still 

 greater elevation. 



To these may be added the Suhagor, a group of hills be- 

 tween Bitoglia and the lakes of Ochrida and Castoria, and also 

 the pretty high chain south and west of Tcttovo. 



