. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . a large leather hoodover the back, and it was drawn by four horses. There wasmuch ado in getting the baggage lashed securely on behind,and after many delays and petty annoyances the journey wasfinally begun. Progress was difiicult and slow. Ice, snow, and slimy mudfilled the roads and rendered speed impossible. The inner courtof the first caravansarai at which we halted looked like a lake,although the room on each side of the entrance was took the one on the right, as the
. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . a large leather hoodover the back, and it was drawn by four horses. There wasmuch ado in getting the baggage lashed securely on behind,and after many delays and petty annoyances the journey wasfinally begun. Progress was difiicult and slow. Ice, snow, and slimy mudfilled the roads and rendered speed impossible. The inner courtof the first caravansarai at which we halted looked like a lake,although the room on each side of the entrance was took the one on the right, as the left was already occupied byrough natives who wore heavy sheepskin caps and were armedwith daggers and long guns. If there had been any Arme-nians among them, \ presume my Georgian guide Rustom wouldhave called them hogs, for he muttered cochon every time wepassed a group of Armenians on the road. I was too tired totake particular notice of my surroundings and was glad atthe haste with which Rustom arranged my camp-bed. In aninstant I was asleep. Shortly after midnight I awoke with a start. A dark figure. Echmiadzin in the Snow
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