| [CONTENTS] | [v] |
| [LIST OFPLATES] | [ix] |
| | [ILLUSTRATIONSIN THE TEXT] | [x] |
| [LIST OF MAPS ANDPLANS] | [xii] |
| I. | [DESCEND INTO TURKISHTERRITORY] | [1] |
| II. | [TO LAKE VAN] | [11] |
| III. | [ACROSS LAKEVAN] | [25] |
| IV. | [VAN] | [38] |
| I. | [The Lake of Van] | [39] |
| II. | [The Ancient Empire of Van] | [53] |
| III. | [Van towards the Close of the Nineteenth Century] | [76] |
| V. | [FROM VAN TOBITLIS] | [116] |
| VI. | [BITLIS] | [145] |
| VII. | [FROM BITLIS TOMUSH—MUSH] | [160] |
| VIII. | [FROM MUSH TOERZERUM] | [174] |
| IX. | [ERZERUM] | [198] |
| X. | [RETURN TO THEBORDER RANGES—ΘΆΛΑΤΤΑ,ΘΆΛΑΤΤΑThALATTA,ThALATTA!] | [225] |
| XI. | [REVISITARMENIA] | [237] |
| XII. | [ACROSS THE CENTRALTABLELAND TO KHINIS] | [245] |
| XIII. | [FROM KHINIS TOTUTAKH] | [254] |
| XIV. | [DOWN THE MURAD TOMELAZKERT] | [264] |
| XV. | [FROM MELAZKERT TOAKHLAT] | [276] |
| XVI. | [AKHLAT] | [280] |
| XVII. | [OUR SOJOURN IN THECRATER OF NIMRUD] | [298] |
| XVIII. | [ROUND NIMRUD BYLAKE NAZIK] | [314] |
| XIX. | [ASCENT OFSIPAN] | [326] |
| XX. | [BACK TO THE CENTRALTABLELAND] | [340] |
| XXI. | [OUR SOJOURN ONBINGÖL] | [359] |
| XXII. | [HOME ACROSS THEBORDER RANGES] | [379] |
| XXIII. | [GEOGRAPHICAL] | [383] |
| XXIV. | [STATISTICAL ANDPOLITICAL] | [408] |
| I. | [NATIONALCONSTITUTION OF THE ARMENIANS IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE] | [445] |
| | [PRELIMINARIES] | [445] |
| | [Document presented to the Sublime Porte by the National Committeeand the Committee of the Government] | [446] |
| | [Ordinance of the Sublime Porte] | [448] |
| | [INTRODUCTION] | [448] |
| | [ARMENIANNATIONAL CONSTITUTION] | [449] |
| | [Fundamental Principles] | [449] |
| I. | [The Central National Administration] | [450] |
| I. | [The Patriarch of Constantinople] | [450] |
| II. | [The Bureau of the Patriarchate] | [453] |
| III. | [The Patriarch of Jerusalem] | [453] |
| IV. | [National Religious Assembly] | [454] |
| V. | [The Political Assembly] | [456] |
| VI. | [Councils and Committees organised by the PoliticalAssembly] | [457] |
| VII. | [Councils of Quarters] | [460] |
| VIII. | [The National General Assembly—Its Organisation and itsDuties] | [461] |
| II. | [General Laws for Assemblies and Councils] | [465] |
| III. | [National Taxation] | [466] |
| IV. | [National Provincial Administration] | [466] |
| V. | [Revision of the Constitution] | [467] |
| II. | [CHEMICALCONSTITUTION OF SOME ARMENIAN LAKES] | [468] |
| | [LAKEVAN.] | [468] |
| | [LAKEURMI.] | [469] |
| [BIBLIOGRAPHY] | [471] |
| I. | [TRAVEL and TOPOGRAPHY] | [471] |
| | [General Authorities.] | [471] |
| | [Early Travel.] | [471] |
| | [Travel in the Nineteenth Century.] | [472] |
| | [Ararat.] | [480] |
| | [Russo-Turkish Wars.] | [482] |
| | [Data for Map.] | [482] |
| | [Statistics.] | [484] |
| II. | [ARMENIANPEOPLE] | [485] |
| | [Missionary Enterprise.] | [485] |
| | [Various.] | [486] |
| III. | [ARMENIANLITERATURE] | [487] |
| | [Armenian Writers Translated] | [488] |
| | [History] | [491] |
| IV. | [VANNICINSCRIPTIONS] | [492] |
| V. | [ARMENIANCHURCH] | [493] |
| VI. | [POLITICAL] | [494] |
| | [British Parliamentary Papers] | [496] |
| [INDEX] | [497] |