PEALE] THEEMAL SPEINGS OF AFEICA AND ASIA MINOE. 



Table of the thermal springs of the Azores, Africa, 4~c. — Continued. 



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Localil y. 



Country. 



Highest tem- 

 pera tiu'e. 



Hammam Mesthontine, in Alseiia 



Hammam Berda (ancient Tibilt.inae) in Algeria. 



Xear ancient Carthage, in Tunis 



Near ancient Utica, in Tunis 



Ghadames, in Tripoli 



ITear Ailat, in Abyssinia 



Goramha, in Abyssinia 



Atzfut, in Abyssinia 



Tahow, in Abyssinia^ 



Mtagata '. 



Eusi, at foot of Mount Kugu* 



Kwaniwas 



Brand Vlev or Valley 



Craddock Ford, Fish Ei\er ■ 



On Assagaai River 



Whit-e Eiver, in Utrecht 



Elands Spruit, north of 2f ew Scotland 



"Warmbad, near Nylstrom, Waterberg 



Otijikango, or Great Barmen 



Little Baimen 



Windhoek, on the Schwagonp 



Eanomafana, Madagascar. 



Betafo, Madagascar 



Island of Amsterdam ? 



Island of St. Paul 



Africa 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Central Africa . 



do 



do 



South Africa . . 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Indian Ocean .. 



do 



do , 



do 



°F. 



203 



Hot. 

 Boiling. 



120 

 150 



Hot. 



140 



129i 



115 

 145 



149 

 143 

 162 

 140 

 130 

 212 

 212 



* This spring is said to hubhle up twice a day. 



CHAPTER VI. 



THEEMAL SPEINGS OF ASIA MINOE AND ASIA. 

 ASIA MINOR. 



The association of hot springs and volcanic action in various parts of 

 Asia Minor is a well-known fact, and the Catacecaumene, or Burnt Dis- 

 trict, near Smyrna, with its volcanic cones aod springs, is often referred 

 to by ancient writers. Syria and Palestine abound in volcanic rocks, 

 and have been the theater of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes innu- 

 merable, and in the region of the Caspian Sea the volcanoes of Dema- 

 vend and Elburz connect the Asiatic chain with that of Europe byway of 

 Asia Minor. The thermal springs of Asia Minor are frequently referred 

 to by ancient writers. 



Philostratus says that the Greek soldiers wounded in the battle on 

 the Caicus were healed by the waters of Agamemnon's spring, near 

 Smyrna. The wife of Constantine, in 797, and still later the Sultan 

 Soleiman, are said to have been restored to health by the thermal waters 

 of Broosa or Prusia in Asia Minor. Yalova, also in Asia Minor, was 

 formerly called Helenapolis after Constantiue's mother, the Empress 

 Helena, who was restored to health by its thermal springs. 



Herod is said by Josephus to have sought relief from his terrible dis- 

 ease in the thermal springs of Callirrhoe.* These remarks might be al- 

 most indefinitely extended if the space allowed us to do so. 



The thermal springs of Asia Minor are said by Le Coq to be in north 

 and south lines. One of the most celebrated localities in Asia Minor is 



* There is some doubt as to tlie exact situation of the springs to which this name 

 was applied. 



