Oriental rugs, antique and modern . i = p 2_ -O s -0 T3 2. T3 luauiraojdA^pjnba qaB3=3 V 0 V V 0 • ? 01 JiBq StlBo8=8 ~jL s aono3 = 3 0 O JOOM =.» & & ft & & & S & Ee (t & H OS5 M 0 e-s 3 SB ^[jBpnaipDadjaj cm 01 1 00 0 1•0 01 CO cm 1t- COi CO o>1 «5 c4 o>1 in .M 3b 3O> 3 a CHAPTER XI CAUCASIAN RUGS. SIDE from the facts that the Caucasus isrugged, that during the Middle Ages it wasruled by the illustrious Tamara, and thattill recently the physical charms of its womenmade them favourites in the slave marketsof Constantinople, the character and historyof that country are to-day almost a
Oriental rugs, antique and modern . i = p 2_ -O s -0 T3 2. T3 luauiraojdA^pjnba qaB3=3 V 0 V V 0 • ? 01 JiBq StlBo8=8 ~jL s aono3 = 3 0 O JOOM =.» & & ft & & & S & Ee (t & H OS5 M 0 e-s 3 SB ^[jBpnaipDadjaj cm 01 1 00 0 1•0 01 CO cm 1t- COi CO o>1 «5 c4 o>1 in .M 3b 3O> 3 a CHAPTER XI CAUCASIAN RUGS. SIDE from the facts that the Caucasus isrugged, that during the Middle Ages it wasruled by the illustrious Tamara, and thattill recently the physical charms of its womenmade them favourites in the slave marketsof Constantinople, the character and historyof that country are to-day almost as unknownto the average reader as they were when thebards of ancient Greece bound Prometheus to its rocks and hung theGolden Fleece from its oaken boughs. Yet it is a country of wonder-ful interest. Above its gorges, rivalling those of the Himalayas,rise mountains higher than the Alps. On the southwestern slopeare combined the luxuriant vegetation of tropical lowlands withvirgin forests of fir and pine, and in meadows and beside shadedbrooks grow flowers of strange beauty. Beneath the ground is un-developed wealth of ores and mineral oil. The river Phasis is thenatural home of the pheasant; the crags are the resorts of ibex;and in secluded glens sharing solitude with bear, wolf, and boarare hidden the
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