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9th. Three men, whom we anxiously expected from Prince Abbas 
Mirza to accompany us to Constantinople , joined us on the evening of 
the 8th; and so far therefore our delay at this miserable village was 
convenient. We gave them just time to feed their horses ; and then, 
about an hour before sun-set, resumed our march to take up our quar¬ 
ters for the night on the bank of a little running stream; the rich pas¬ 
tures, through which the waters flowed, refreshed our cattle, but we our¬ 
selves were obliged to pass the night in the open field with a heavy dew 
falling, yet, thank God, with a fine clear sky. During the course of the 
night a Turk arrived from Bayazid to say, that he was sent by the 
Kiayah to be our Mehmandar to the presence of his master; adding, 
indeed, that the Vice-Governor regretted the misunderstanding on which 
he had acted, for he had been told that we were followed by a large 
body of horsemen. On further questioning the Turk we found, that the 
wife of Ibrahim Pacha (hearing that there was an Elchee , an Em¬ 
bassador, without the town, and that admittance had been refused to 
him) made loud remonstrances to the Kiayah on the impropriety of his 
conduct, and interceded so far in our behalf that he sent us these ex¬ 
cuses. Though we were ill satisfied with the conduct of this person, 
we thought it better not to reject the attendance of the officer whom he 
had deputed to escort us, as we were among a wild and unmanageable 
people. 
We travelled an hour and a half, in one of the clearest and most 
beautiful mornings that the heavens ever produced; aud passing on our 
left the two villages of Dizzeh and Kizzil Dizzeh, we came to an open¬ 
ing of a small plain covered with the black tents and cattle of the 
Elauts. Here also we had a view of Mount Ararat; the clouds no 
longer rested on its summit, but circled round it below. We went to 
the largest tent in the plain, and there enjoyed an opportunity of learn¬ 
ing that the hospitality of these people is not exaggerated. As soon as 
it was announced at the tent that strangers were coming, every thing 
was in motion; some carried our horses to the best pastures, others 
