CONTENTS. Departure from Constantinople Variety of passengers on the 80 its strange vicissitudes — Abdi Pasha's victory - Disobedience Situation of the army of Kars Composition of the Turkish Description of Kars Its history and government Murder of Kutchuk Pasha - Various races: Karapapaks, Kurds, Daghis- EXTRACTS FROM MY DIARY KEPT DURING THE SIEGE OF KARS. - - - - Alarming reports Road to Kars State of the garrison .... -- Departure from Constantinople — Variety of passengers on the steamer - Massacre of Sinope — Arrival at Samsoon - Trebizond. ONCE again I find myself on board a steamer, ploughing the deep waters of the Boghas, and entering the dark and mysterious Euxine.* I leave behind me the "City of the Sultan," with its gorgeous exterior, but foul and wretched details. I leave the lovely Bosphorus, rich in Old World stories, and still dearer to me from the recollection of many happy hours spent on its romantic shores. How much of real enjoyment have I found on its vine-clad hills and perfumed groves! How have I revelled in the contemplation of Nature's beauties in each rocky dell and I am now about to explore new countries, to plunge into scenes far from civilisation, and to study new phases A description of the passengers of a steamer is but a B |