| the next two years, viz., by | | (Residence in Persia, | | | 1841, it is said to have risen | | Andover, 1843, p. 394). | 1856|Lieut. Owerin of the | altogether 10 to 12 feet, | | Rise has been gradual. | | topographical staff | necessitating the evacuation | | | | of the Caucasus, | of Arjish by the inhabitants, | | | | estimates that nearly | the place becoming an island | | | | 1/8th of the waters of | (Quarterly Journal Geol. | | | | the lake find an | Soc. 1855, p. 318). | | | | egress through the | | | | | canal to the Zanga 1847 |Hommaire de Hell attests a | | | | (Petermann's Mitt. | relapse (Voyage en Turquie, | | | | 1858, p. 471). Other | etc., quoted by Sieger, | | | | evidence goes to | Schwankungen, p. 6). | | | | show that in the | | | | | forties and fifties 1850 |Layard attests a rise "during | | | | the lake was certainly | the last few years." Many | | | | higher than in | villages on the margin are | | | | Monteith's time. | partly submerged. Iskele, | | | | | the port of Van, is still in- | | | | | habited; but the greater part | | | 1859|Relapse during this | of the village is under water | | | to | period is assigned to | (Nineveh and Babylon, p. | | | 1879| the lake by Brandt | 408). [Layard was perhaps | | | | (Zoologischer Anzeiger, | only witnessing the effects of | | | | ii. 523 seq.), | the rise which commenced | | | | from whose observations | 1838.] | | | | we may infer | | | | | a minimum about 1852 |Loftus attests a considerable | 1852|A relapse is attested by | | 1879. Islands had | relapse during recent years, | | Perkins to Loftus (Quarterly | | formed; these again