Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . rkable niin in the neighbourhood is, however, an extensiveaqueduct carried on arches, and which formerly brought water direct from the moun-tains to the town, although a rivulet of clear water flows through it. Nothing indicates that this town, whither, according to Plutarch, Demetrius re-paired from Seleucia Picria, was ever an extensive site. It is, however, a spot stiUmuch frequented by SjTian Christians, with whom its church is in great sa
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . rkable niin in the neighbourhood is, however, an extensiveaqueduct carried on arches, and which formerly brought water direct from the moun-tains to the town, although a rivulet of clear water flows through it. Nothing indicates that this town, whither, according to Plutarch, Demetrius re-paired from Seleucia Picria, was ever an extensive site. It is, however, a spot stiUmuch frequented by SjTian Christians, with whom its church is in great sanctity; thuspreserving, to a certain extent, the ecclesiastical importance which belonged to it inthe middle ages, and which enabled it to send its mitred rej)resentatives to the Chris-tian Synods of the East. Eusebius, it is true, only notices Rhosus as a parish; butSocrates (iii. 25) mentions Antipatrum as Bishop of Rhosus ; and it is also noticed asan episcopacy in the Acts nf the Synod. The name is variously rendered Rhosus, orRossiis, by the Greeks and Latins; the AcU of the Spwd have it Khosopolis, and theTheodosian Tablet Rhosus. \V. F. PYL^ CILlCIiE. 113 engineer, Colonel Sliutz, fortifications which were intended to repel aninvader, and at the same time serve as a model to instruct officerain every branch of fortification. These works were executed by theColonel, but they weie in great part destroyed by the Egyptians on theirretreat, before they were completely finished, after having cost immensesums of money and eight years constant labour of 10,000 men. The population of this pashalik amounts to about 300,000 souls; but itis not easy to make an exact calculation, as the reports of the Turkmansare either false or exaggerated. Adana contains 18,000 inhabitants ;Tarsus, 6000: of this one-third are Mussulmans, more than a third An-sayrii or Ansarians, generally Deists, and the rest Aimenians and are more than 300 villages on the plain, which average 200
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