. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . ,Russian, and Persian. It has two summits, seven milesapart, the greater at the northwest extremity and thelesser toward the southeast. The snow-clad summit ofthe greater Ararat is wrapped in clouds during most ofthe day. These float away at nightfall and leave thesnowy crown clear and distinct against the starry more rugged and awe-inspiring view is obtained fromthe northeast than from any other point. No one can do Ararat justice; every turn crivesa new picture. It beauty is unrivaled by
. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . ,Russian, and Persian. It has two summits, seven milesapart, the greater at the northwest extremity and thelesser toward the southeast. The snow-clad summit ofthe greater Ararat is wrapped in clouds during most ofthe day. These float away at nightfall and leave thesnowy crown clear and distinct against the starry more rugged and awe-inspiring view is obtained fromthe northeast than from any other point. No one can do Ararat justice; every turn crivesa new picture. It beauty is unrivaled by any othermountain on earth. It is truly the sublimest objectin nature. Its snow-crowned peak, rising from theplain of Araxes, rears itself in solemn majesty abovethe sea of vapor into the regions of eternal winter, 24 THE TURK AND THE LAND OF HAIG. perpetually covered with ice and snow, and ruling overthe clouds and the storms. It is a picture of mingledsublimity and beauty, calm, cold, majestic. One is filled with awe as he watches the mellowradiance of the moon, the changing hues and shadows. MOUNT ARARAT. of the venerable mountain, or hears the thunderingsound of falling ice and rocks from its stupendousheights. The mass of snow on its summit, 14,000 feetabove the sea, never dissolves, and is one of the phe-nomenal features of this mountain, exceedino- inquantity that of either the Alps or the Caucasus, asthe former average 9000 feet, and the latter from THE LAND OF HAIG—ARMENIA. 25 io,cx)0 to 12,000 feet, in height. The people considerthe ascent of Ararat a miracle. They regard themountain with superstitious awe, and beheve that itstill contains the relics of the ark, unchanged by timeor decay, and that in order to insure their preservationa divine decree has made it inaccessible to mortalapproach. The Tartars and the Turks of the neigh-borhood imagine its summit to be the abode of the** devil and of wild ghosts, and they fear to approachtoo near its top. Morier himself
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