. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . one is a large block with inscriptions, andat the foot of the grave is another of almost equal size,the space between being built up with marble slabs toresemble a chest or casket. In large cities forests of cypress trees cast deepshadows of mourning over the resting place of thedead. In his description of these cemeteries, howgraphic are the words of Byron : The place of a thousand tombs That shine beneath, while dark aboveThe sad but living cypress glooms And withers not, though branch and lea
. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . one is a large block with inscriptions, andat the foot of the grave is another of almost equal size,the space between being built up with marble slabs toresemble a chest or casket. In large cities forests of cypress trees cast deepshadows of mourning over the resting place of thedead. In his description of these cemeteries, howgraphic are the words of Byron : The place of a thousand tombs That shine beneath, while dark aboveThe sad but living cypress glooms And withers not, though branch and leafAre stampd with an eternal grief,Like early unrequited love. THE RURAL DISTRICTS. If you have leisure and a fondness for rural beauty,let us mount on horseback, or on little donkeys, andseek a village where we may cross the threshold of anold-fashioned Turkish dwelling. On our way to thecountry, as we ride along, enjoying the glories of thesummer, giving and returning the salutations of peaceand welcome, we shall find much that is interestingboth in objects and scenery. We hear the rippling of. 208 THE TURK AND THE LAND OF HAIG. the wayside brook, and the notes of the birds as wepass under the arching trees. Our eyes are greetedby lovely hillsides and dales covered with beds offragrant wild flowers or by waving fields of grain,stretching away to the horizon. Yonder is the moun-tain side, dotted with log houses and with the slowlymoving caravans of Syrian camels, journeying formany weary saats.* In the absence of railroads, theseanimals perform the duties of locomotives, although ata somewhat slower rate. The peculiar feature aboutthis mighty host of camels is that they are led by alittle sleepy donkey. This gives origin to one of ourproverbs. When a mighty intellect follows thecounsel of an insignificant one, it is said The camelis following the donkey. Here and there we seelarge droves of horses, buffaloes, sheep,f and oxenpasturing on the great sweeps of grass. Yonder fromth
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