. The cradle of mankind; life in eastern Kurdistan . N ^ c o w o o —t > < H Z -l-l ;d Vj o oJ ►—( c ^ ^ < a e 03 X 0) o c/o ^ 0) o 03 MAR SHIMUNS CATHEDRAL 273 On another occasion, a worthy old qasha, or priest,Qasha Tuma by name, better known for his straight shootingthan for his learning, turned up to interview Mr. Browne ;assured him of his attachment to the English, and askedif there was nothing he could do to serve him. Certainly, Qasha, said the Englishman; gather the. CHURCH OF rnflBSHflllTtlfl boys of your village and teach a school; 1 will find youbooks enough/ Nay Rabbi, tha
. The cradle of mankind; life in eastern Kurdistan . N ^ c o w o o —t > < H Z -l-l ;d Vj o oJ ►—( c ^ ^ < a e 03 X 0) o c/o ^ 0) o 03 MAR SHIMUNS CATHEDRAL 273 On another occasion, a worthy old qasha, or priest,Qasha Tuma by name, better known for his straight shootingthan for his learning, turned up to interview Mr. Browne ;assured him of his attachment to the English, and askedif there was nothing he could do to serve him. Certainly, Qasha, said the Englishman; gather the. CHURCH OF rnflBSHflllTtlfl boys of your village and teach a school; 1 will find youbooks enough/ Nay Rabbi, that is quite beyond me. It is as much as1 can do to read the services. But, if there was anyonewhom you wished shot now, I should be delighted to under-take the job ! Mar Shimun is accustomed to think of himself rather asChief of his nation than as Patriarch of its Church (or to beaccurate, not to separate those two offices in his mind) ; 274 THE LAND OF PRESTER JOHN but it is as Patriarch notwithstanding that he appeals tothe imagination of outsiders—Patriarch of one of the mostinteresting and picturesque Churches in the world. Wegive a picture of his Cathedral, which like most of the moun-tain shrines is very small in size, and resembles a border** peel-tower rather than a church of the type we are accus-tomed to.* Orientals are not troubled with any desire forpews and either stand through the service, or kneel or situpon the floor during the Lessons and sermon, and thus av
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