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therefore, we feel warranted in assigning the 

 name of Mandropolis. The probable etymology 

 of the word Mandropolis favours the conjec- 

 ture. If it be derived from navfya (a sheep- 

 fold) and iro'Xig, the name would apply to Stenez 

 at the present day, the plains about it being 

 entirely devoted to the pasturing of sheep and 

 goats, for which the short sweet herbage is 

 best fitted, and studded with folds — mandries 

 as they are still styled through Greece, and by 

 the Greeks of Asia Minor. 



May 3rd. — We quitted Stenez, undecided as 

 to our route, and trusted to our guide to take 

 us the best way he knew towards Horzoom. 

 He led us through a long defile in the hills 

 to the south of the village. We had not jour- 

 neyed far before we overtook an Urook family, 

 on march from their winter encampment to 

 some favourite summer pasturage in the moun- 

 tains. The procession extended for nearly a 

 mile, and consisted of men, women, and chil- 

 dren, of all ages and sizes, mounted on camels, 

 horses, and asses, and accompanied by their flocks 

 and herds. Foremost of the cavalcade was an 

 infant strapped on the back of a donkey, which, 

 as if aware of the helplessness of its rider, would 



