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plain comes down. It is served by most of the Levantine steamship companies, and is the best point of departure for visitors desiring to see Tarsus, the Cilician remains, and the finest scenery of the East See also:

TAURUS (" the Bull ")

Taurus. There is, however, no enclosed harbour, but only a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

JETTY

jetty. The making of a See also:

BREAKWATER

breakwater has See also:

long been under See also:

CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration. The anchorage in the roadstead is good, but the See also:

bay shoals for a long way out, and is exposed to swell from south-west and south. Mersina is an See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

MISSION

mission centre, and the seat of a See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

VICE

vice-See also:

consul. Like all See also:

LOWLAND

lowland Cilicia, it has a notoriously See also:

BAD, BCD

bad summer See also:

CLIMATE

climate, and all inhabitants, who can do so, migrate to stations on the See also:

LOWER

lower slopes of Taurus. (D. G.

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