CHAPTER V 



FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO ANTIOCH 



Having seen the Sultan and having the 

 Irade confirmed there was little else to be done 

 in Constantinople. We were ready and even 

 were anxious to start forward to accomplish 

 the real end of the trip. From the beginning 

 it had been my intention to go to El Deyr on 

 the Euphrates and there purchase horses which 

 I might be assured came from the Anezeh 

 themselves. I was under the impression at 

 that time that the Anezeh, not often coming so 

 far north as El Deyr, would only be found in 

 the neighborhood of Palmyra, that "Tadmor 

 in the Wilderness" which is as old as Solomon. 



In Constantinople my views about going to 

 Deyr, however, were somewhat modified, al- 

 though my plans were not entirely changed, as 

 will be told further on, until we reached 

 Aleppo. 



At the Pine Palace Hotel in Constantinople 



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