Handbook for Travellers in Turkey in Asia; Including Constantinople, the Bosphorus, Plain of Troy, Isles of Cyprus, Rhodes, &C., Smyrna, Ephesus, and the Routes to Persia, Bagdad, Moosool, &C. with General Hints for Travellers in Turkey, Vocabularies &C (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ... the drug trade the chief objects of interest are found, Smyrna having been for many centuries the metropolis of the drug trade. The geology of the Smyrna district, and indeed of Western Asia Minor, can be well studied by a visit to the Smyrna and Aidin railway and to the volcanic district of the Two Brothers. It is described by Mr. H. E. Strickland in the 'Transactions of the Geological Society, ' vol. v. part xxxii. 2nd series. Passing from the volcanic and trachyte formations at Smyrna, the railWay traveller proceeds across the cretaceous formations in the plains of Bonjah and Seidekeui to the hippurite limestone at Tourbali, and thence to the great mica and schist formations at Ephesus. There are sections in the valley of the Meles, near Boujah, and many features exposed in the plain of Seidekeui. The passage of the Ephesus Pass across the Gruma Dagh mountains gives in the rock cuttings some good delineations of the micaceous schist and limestone. On passing into the plain of Aidin, before reaching Kara Bounar, some curious sandhills are seen. The valleys of Sipylus behind Bournabat, as far as the lake of Kiz Gul, and the whole adjoining districts, give some good examples of volcanic action, described by Mr. Strickland. A few fossils are found in the sandy beds of Mount Pagus, and in the white marls half a m. N. of Bournabat. Near Jumaovassi and Seidekeui there is a deposit of lignite. There are others near the Smyrna and Aidin railway at Sokia, at Tekeh (Magnesia ad Mseandrum) and Nazli. There are large coal deposits beyond Ala Shehr. There are fine haematite iron mines at Besh Parmak, opposite Aidin, worked by gipsies. In the Sokia district are the chief mines of emery. Near Nymphi and Sokia are abandoned lead mines. The river Pactolus, near Sardis, an...