RUM-ILI, or ROUMILI (' Country of the Romans'), a name origin ally given by the Turks to the territories which they wrested from the eastern emperors. Hence Asia Minor is known in all eastern countries by the name of Rum, or Roam. In the course of time the term RoamIli was specially applied to the whole country that lies south of the Danube and the Save, to the north of Greece. and between the Adriatic and the Black and aEgean seas ; so that it comprised Mace dente, Thrace, Albania, Bosnia, Servis and Bulgaria. Bulgaria is now divided Into the Eyelets of Silistr4, or Silistria, Widin, and Nich (Nimes); Thrace, or the greater part of it, forms the Eyelet of Edirn4, or Adrianople : Syrp, or Serbia, is nearly independent of Turkey ; the Eyelet of Beane includes Bosnia and Turkish Croatia ; the southern part of Macedonia forms with Theessely the Eyelet of Selanik, or Salonikl; the north-eastern part of Albania, with some adjacent districts, form the Eyelet of Uskub, whilst the south part belongs to the F.valet of Ysusia, or Jeannine; and the remainder of the territory as above indicated, and consisting of eastern Albania and the western part of Macedonia, forms the present Eyelet of Ratna-M The face of the country, which is describe! in the article. on ALBANIA and Macznoata, is traversed by ramifications of the Balkan Mountains, which inclose many fertile plains and valleys. The climate is in general mild and salubrious. Cotton, wine, oil, and tobacco are the chief products. There are extensive pastures on which largo numbers of sheep are bred. The principal rivers are the Axtus, the 3Iaarrza, and the ifoliammon, now the Vistrit:a, and iu its lower course loofa-Kora, which flows partly from the Deka Etestcnia„ so named from the fortress of Kamoria, which is built on a peninsula in the !eke on the site of the ancient Celetrum. Its course is winding, but
generally to the south of east, and it enters the Thermaie Oulf. In ancient times the Ilaliaemon was joined by the Lydias (the modern Kamensak), which is the outlet of the Lake of Pella, but now the Lydia. is a feeder of the Axites. The banks of the llaliacmon are lined with dykes to save the adjacent country from inundations. Both the river and the lake of Kastoria (which is six miles long and four miles wide) are famous for a fish named Guliani, which grows to enormous dimensions.
The present Eyelet of Roum-ili comprises the lives of Monastir and Ghlustendil. Monastir includes the south-west of Macedonia. The capital ilonastir, called also Bitolia, near the vita of the ancient Ilerselea, not far from tho banks of the river Erigonus, an affluent of the Aaiun, and on the borders of Albania, is a considerable town, with about 15,000 inhabitants. Ghisarcedii, embraces the northern part of Macedonia and the cast of Albania. It has some rich copper- and iron-mines. The head town Ghiustendil is situated on the slope of a hill at a short distance from the right bank of the Kara-en, or Strums, in 42' 13' N. lat., 22° 5' E. long., and has about 10,000 inhabitants. The town, which is surrounded by an old well flanked with towers, contains a bezaar and aulphurous bathe. A Greek bishop reside* in it. [TURKEY ; ALBANIA ; MACEDONIA ; TRESSALY.]