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TURKEY IN ASIA. 



or ancient Halys, flov/s 

 through the central part of 

 Asia Minor northerly into the 

 Black Rea. The Sakaria or 

 Sangarias, the .Mendres or 

 Meander^ and the Sarabal 

 are the other most remark- 

 able rivers of Asia Minor. 

 Lake Van, in Armenia, is 

 about 200 miles in circuit. 



4. Islands. On the coast 

 of Asia Minor are many 

 islands celebrated in ancient 

 history. ]n the north are 

 Tenedos, famous in the war 

 of Troy, Lemnos, and <Sa- 

 motlrrace. Lesbos or Jllete- 



lino is a beautiful island, with 



mountains covered with vines 

 and olives, exhibiting a per- 

 petual verdure. It has a population of 30,000. Scio, the ancient Chios, formerly renowned for 

 its beauty and fertility, has obtained a mournful celebrity in our own days. The island was devas- 

 tated by the Turks, and Its inhabitants butchered, in 1822. Samos is productive m grain and 

 fruit Patmos and Rhodes are famous in sacred and profane history. In the former, St. John 



V-eS^jP— 



Mount Ararat. 



Patmos. 



wrote the Apocalypse or Book of Revelations, and the Greek monks still pretend to point out 

 the spot where those sublime visions were exhibited to the prophetic soul of the apostle. 

 Rhodes was famous in antiquity as a commercial and naval power, and as the seat of an opulent 

 and refined communitv. At a later period, the Knights of St. John, when expelled from the 



