CHAPTER XXI Our Sojourn on Bingöl 359 CHAPTER XXII Home across the Border Ranges 379 CHAPTER XXIII Geographical 383 CHAPTER XXIV Statistical and Political 408 APPENDIX I National Constitution of the Armenians in the Turkish Empire 445 APPENDIX II Chemical Constitution of some Armenian Lakes 468 BIBLIOGRAPHY 471 INDEX 497 LIST OF PLATES Lake Van with Sipan from Artemid Frontispiece Plain of Alashkert from the Slopes of Aghri Dagh To face page 2 Group of Kurd Hamidiyeh Cavalry Back to page 4 Group of Karapapakh Hamidiyeh Cavalry 5 The Kuseh Dagh from the Plain of Alashkert To face page 10 Yusuf Bey of Köshk 16 Kurd of Köshk in Gala Dress 17 Sipan from the Plain of Patnotz 19 Van from the Slopes of Mount Varag 53 Van: Interior of the Mosque of Ulu Jami Back to page 106 Van: Frieze in Ulu Jami 107 Van: Cuneiform Inscription of Meher or Choban Kapusi To face page 112 Van: Mount Varag from the Heights of Toprak Kala 113 Akhtamar: Church from South-East Back to page 130 Akhtamar: Church from North-West 131 Church at Akhtamar: Sculptures on North Wall To face page 132 Crater of Nimrud as seen on the Road from Garzik to Bitlis 142 Bitlis from Avel Meidan 145 Kerkür Dagh from the South: Nimrud Crater in the background 161 Young Kurd Woman at Gotni, Mush Plain 163 Well-to-do Inhabitant of Khaskeui, Mush Plain 166 Monastery of Surb Karapet from the South Back to page 176 Church of Surb Karapet from South-West 177 View South from the Terrace at Surb Karapet To face page 178 The Two Chapels at Surb Karapet 180 The Akh Dagh and the Plain of Khinis from the South 186 The Central Tableland, Bingöl in the distance, from near Kulli 191 Kargabazar, across the Plain of Pasin, from the southern margin of the Central Tableland 193 Erzerum from the Roof of the British Consulate: the Citadel in the middle distance and Eyerli Dagh