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THE INTERIOR WAEES OE THE CHURCHES SHOW CHARACTERISTIC BYZANTINE 

 ARCHITECTURE, OR RATHER THE IMITATION OE BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE 



It was by no means easy to secure photographs of these interiors. 



of meat and bones ; the bones are crushed 

 and mixed with the meat, so as to form 

 a kind of minced hash, which is wrapped 

 in fresh, untanned hides and roasted. 

 This minced haggis is prepared in a va- 

 riety of ways by the cooks, whom they 

 regard as unclean persons. They con- 

 sume not merely the minced meat of this 

 haggis, but the bones and the skin as 

 well." 



HERODOTUS WROTE OE "ETHIOPIANS WHO 

 DWEEE IN HOEES" 



* Herodotus's account of "the Ethiopians 

 who dwell in holes" informs us that, "Of 

 all the nations of whom any account has 

 reached my ears they are by far the swift- 

 est of foot. They feed on serpents, liz- 

 ards, and other similar reptiles. Their 

 language is unlike that of any other peo- 

 ple ; it sounds like the screeching of bats." 



These Troglodytes have been identified 

 with the Tibboos of Fezzan. The his- 

 torian's criticism of their language was a 

 typically Greek view to take, for the 

 Greeks knew only their own tongue and 

 they were conceited enough to believe 

 that those who did not speak it simply did 

 not speak at all, but either screeched like 

 bats or twittered like birds. 



On the other hand, Xenophon gives us 

 a delightful picture of the Troglodytes of 

 Armenia, who have remained so un- 

 changed throughout the centuries that his 

 description might be used of them at this 

 present moment. He says : 



"It was here that Polycrates, an Athe- 

 nian and captain of a company, asked for 

 leave of absence ; he wished to be off on 

 a quest of his own ; and, putting himself 

 at the head of the active men of the 



