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or at any rate that we were fully up to all the ways 

 and means of the country as well he might, seeing 

 us roam about in such degaye style. We were far 

 too jealous of our dignity to betray any symptoms 

 of indecision, or having been taken aback ; and our 

 adieux were waved to him with a perfect air of being 

 at home and comfortable. 



" Xow then for an Armenian at home ! How 

 fortunate that fellow should be out of the way, for 

 now our friend the Seraph will be sure to insist on 

 our honouring his roof." 



" Capital spreads, too, they give judging by the 

 samples one sees laid out of an evening in their halls." 



" Hospitable people ; are they not, K 1" 



" Oh, very. Xot that ever I have been in one of 

 their houses." 



" Xor I any farther than having a pipe with old 

 John the Dragoman at his porch." 



" Xor I." 



Here was a crown to our adventure ! An un- 

 trodden city, an unvisited people, a welcome to the 

 mysterious bosom of Armenian hospitality ! 



STAGE SECOND. 



The sun was already below the horizon when we 

 entered on the plain of Magnesia. Our poor brutes 

 were sadly jaded, for the latter part of the journey 



