. Across Asia Minor on foot . The Consul, Ibrahim, and Mustaph:. His Excellency and Ibrahim Chowshe. ON THE ROAD FOR MISSIS 359 the plain in the south-east, violet with a cap of snow,were the Amanus mountains. Before us, in the east,were the blue hills of Jebel Nur, and from north-east towest the snows of Doloraan Dagh, Ala Dagh, and theTaurus. The spring was at full tide this second weekin February. Beside the road and in the fields werecrocus, anemone, iris, peony, and many unknown bulbplants, and here and there the blue of scilla. As I had expected, the duty of pack-horse driverwas quite ou
. Across Asia Minor on foot . The Consul, Ibrahim, and Mustaph:. His Excellency and Ibrahim Chowshe. ON THE ROAD FOR MISSIS 359 the plain in the south-east, violet with a cap of snow,were the Amanus mountains. Before us, in the east,were the blue hills of Jebel Nur, and from north-east towest the snows of Doloraan Dagh, Ala Dagh, and theTaurus. The spring was at full tide this second weekin February. Beside the road and in the fields werecrocus, anemone, iris, peony, and many unknown bulbplants, and here and there the blue of scilla. As I had expected, the duty of pack-horse driverwas quite outside Ibrahims view of what should berequired of him. He had so arranged the Consulsbaggage, and also determined the quantity, that hewas able to find a comfortable seat between thesaddle-bags. He rode looking much the master ofthe party. In the buoyant morning air the Consuland I walked fast. We are going too fast for Mustapha, I said,remembering how impossible it had been to getIghsan out of the traditional country gait. Never mind, replied the Consul, Ibrah
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