. Across Asia Minor on foot . little doubt that this discreetbishop is the same Bishop of Sivas whose tortureand death, during the recent atrocities in Asia Minor,have been lately reported. He is said to have died,with many of his people, on the road to Mosul. Butfirst, by way of torture, his bare feet were shod bynailing to them small iron plates such as nativecustom uses for the hoofs of bullocks. Having beensufiiclently shod he was driven forth to march, andsuccumbed on the road—the same road which goesover the Crooked Bridge of Senekherims daughter,and up into the mountains of Terja Dagh.
. Across Asia Minor on foot . little doubt that this discreetbishop is the same Bishop of Sivas whose tortureand death, during the recent atrocities in Asia Minor,have been lately reported. He is said to have died,with many of his people, on the road to Mosul. Butfirst, by way of torture, his bare feet were shod bynailing to them small iron plates such as nativecustom uses for the hoofs of bullocks. Having beensufiiclently shod he was driven forth to march, andsuccumbed on the road—the same road which goesover the Crooked Bridge of Senekherims daughter,and up into the mountains of Terja Dagh. Muchbetter, one thinks, had he and such of his race whotook refuge in St Nishans ancient monastery beenkilled defending the outer wall. While I was at Sivas report came of events inwhich I found especial interest. Two robberies, bothin the large manner of the past, had been com-mitted on the road over which I had just come. Inone a party of bullock-cart drivers, returning fromSamstin after having received payment for a con-. CIRCASSIAN EOBBEHS 159 tract greater than usual, had been set upon by aCircassian band. The carters showed fight, and losta man or two, but also lost their money. The otherrobbery was even more in the spirit of earlier party of robbers had seized the road for severalhours and robbed all who passed, holding them asprisoners till the days operations were over. 160 CHAPTER XV. Selecting another araba-driver—Mehmet—Boisterous Turkish recruits—On the road for Kaisariyeh — Far-off view of Argaeus — Mehmetspeculiarities—A quarrel—Dogs, and more dogs—The coloured hills—Lazis on the road—The ancient road between Sivas and Kaisariyeh. After having followed the Bagdad Road in a south-easterly direction for more than two hundred miles toSivas, I was now to turn towards the south-west forKaisariyeh. The road lay high, and upon it snow wasmore to be dreaded than elsewhere. To Kaisariyehwas about a hundred and thirty miles, and with thefear of
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