

ARMENIA
TRAVELS AND STUDIES
VOL. II

Lake Van with Sipan fromArtemid.
Frontispiece, Vol. II.
Nature’s vast frame,the web of human things.
Shelley, Alastor.
Who can foretell our future? Spare me the attempt. Weare like a harvest reaped by bad husbandmen amidst encircling gloom andcloud.
John Katholikos
Armenian historian of the Xth century Ch. CLXXXVII.
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CHAPTER I PAGE
Descend into Turkish Territory 1
CHAPTER II
To Lake Van 11
CHAPTER III
CHAPTE