a river universally allowed to take its rise in Armenia Major; but in what particular spot, or in what direction it afterwards flows its course, there is the greatest disagreement. Strabo says, that the Euphrates rises in Mount Abus, which he joins with, or accounts a part of, Mount Taurus; that its beginning is on the north side of Mount Taurus; and that running, first westward through Armenia, then striking off to the south, it forces its way through that mountain; and thus it rises in the south of Armenia, Mount Taurus being the boundary on that side; and runs through its south part, quite to Cappadocia, conterminous with Armenia Minor; or quite to this last, or to its south limit; to reach which, it must bend its west course a little north; because Taurus, from which it rose, lies lower, or more to the south, and almost parallel with Melitene; and that then it turns to the south, in order