. Across Asia Minor on foot . Baodad Road above Sanisuii. Ac h met and Araba. THE SHADOW OF RUSSIA 19 At the pass the air was clear enough for a yet widerview of land and sea. It went for seventy or eightymiles along the coast from the delta of the Iris to thedelta of the Halys, and covered much of the Turkishprovince of Djannik, in which are the rich tobacco-lands of Baffra and Samslin. It is a province offertile coast-plains and inland valleys, and especiallyof fertile mountain-sides. In the time of ripenmgcrops the far-off slopes—often so steep that ploughingseems impossible—are dotted clos
. Across Asia Minor on foot . Baodad Road above Sanisuii. Ac h met and Araba. THE SHADOW OF RUSSIA 19 At the pass the air was clear enough for a yet widerview of land and sea. It went for seventy or eightymiles along the coast from the delta of the Iris to thedelta of the Halys, and covered much of the Turkishprovince of Djannik, in which are the rich tobacco-lands of Baffra and Samslin. It is a province offertile coast-plains and inland valleys, and especiallyof fertile mountain-sides. In the time of ripenmgcrops the far-off slopes—often so steep that ploughingseems impossible—are dotted closely with haphazardyellow squares and oblongs looking like carelesslyaffixed postage stamps. But now, except for distantsnow and breadths of oak scrub and pine forest, theseswelling mountains of the coast, like enormous steep-sided downs tumbled in confusion and broken hereand there by deep valleys and ravines, were alldressed in russet. Under the leaden sky scarcelycould a few low-roofed villao-es be distincjuishedagainst the drab background. Over t
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