A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the Years 1808 and 1809

part issues from a spring, which gushes out from under a rock. The

mountains are arid, with surfaces indicating much mineral below.

_Rey_ is the _Rhages_ of TOBIT, and is the city where ALEXANDER rested five days in his pursuit after DARIUS; after he had made a march of _eleven_ days from _Ecbatana_ or _Hamadan_. ARRIAN calls this city one day’s journey from the _Caspian Strei...