466 THESSALONICA. 
only the half of which, however, is cultivated, 
has that crater-like form so often alluded to by 
the author as characteristic of the limestone 
formation ; one side of the bason being broken, 
and open towards the sea. It extends therefore 
from east to ivest, in the form of a horses shoe; 
having the maritime termination of Mount 
Pang^us, whereof the Isle of Thasos is a con- 
tinuation towards the east, and that of Olympus 
and OssA towards the ivest. The eastern extre- 
mity of this vast semicircle is guarded by the 
citadel of Cavallo, and its western termination by 
Platamunos and the Pass of Tempe. Its northern 
boundary is the Mountain Scomius, which is 
itself a branch of Pang^us. The chief part, 
therefore, of the exports of Salontca is produced 
in the rich territory embraced by the arms of 
this semicircle : and its focus may be found in 
the land of Seres, fifteen leagues to the north of 
Salontca ; a plain watered by the river Strymon, 
which rises at the foot of Scomius, and falls into 
the Sinus Strymonicus, or Bay oi jimphipolis, after 
a course of twenty leagues. Almost all the 
Cotton. cotton exported from Salonka grows in that 
their purchases, was 3,000 bales : and the quantity exuorted every 
year to different parts of Europe was 20,000 bales. The annual sum 
in circulation for the first purchase, and other charges of this article, 
amounted to 1,661,519 Turkish piastres." Jf^ulpole's MS. Jomtial. 
