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NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ERZEROUM.
[Chap. xii.
CHAPTER XII.
Neighbouvhood of Erzeroum—Journey from Erzeroum to Kars—Ford the Aras—
Parallel roads—Hassan Kaleh—Khan of Keuprl Kieui—Khorasan—Fear of
robbers—Bardes—Mountain of Obsidian—Kars—Hadji Areli Kieui—Reach
Anni—Description of the ruins.
I remained several days at Erzeroum., in the intention to visit
Kars and the ruins of Anni, on the frontiers of Georgia, before
I again turned my steps towards the west. I had wished
also to explore the sources of the Euphrates at Domli; but
the roads were still in so bad a state, and the country so
flooded, that I was obliged to give up this part of my plan.
Erzeroum itself contains little to detain a traveller. The
most interesting objects are the remains of two Armenian
churches and the ruins of the castle: the neighbourhood is
barren and uninteresting. I rode out occasionally, and
explored the hills to the south, which consist of trachytic
and other igneous rock, the debris of which have formed
a considerable talus, stretching nearly two miles into the
plain towards Erzeroum. A hollow in the hills about two
miles from the town, which has much the appearance of
an amphitheatre, seems, from the perpendicularity and
altered nature of the stratified rocks, and the variety of
igneous rocks, to have been the crater of a volcano during
the period of trachytic eruptions. On these hills I saw
many coveys and pairs of the bagrakala or attagen, but so
wild I was unable to get a shot at them.
The most remai-kable building in Erzeroum is called the
Chifteh Minarey, from two lofty minarets, now in ruins, which
have been built on each side of the principal entrance.
They are of a totally different style from the building itself,
and are formed of small coloured bricks and glazed tiles,
and deeply fluted, so as to bear a strong resemblance, I am
told, to those which are often seen in Persia. The building
NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ERZEROUM.
[Chap. xii.
CHAPTER XII.
Neighbouvhood of Erzeroum—Journey from Erzeroum to Kars—Ford the Aras—
Parallel roads—Hassan Kaleh—Khan of Keuprl Kieui—Khorasan—Fear of
robbers—Bardes—Mountain of Obsidian—Kars—Hadji Areli Kieui—Reach
Anni—Description of the ruins.
I remained several days at Erzeroum., in the intention to visit
Kars and the ruins of Anni, on the frontiers of Georgia, before
I again turned my steps towards the west. I had wished
also to explore the sources of the Euphrates at Domli; but
the roads were still in so bad a state, and the country so
flooded, that I was obliged to give up this part of my plan.
Erzeroum itself contains little to detain a traveller. The
most interesting objects are the remains of two Armenian
churches and the ruins of the castle: the neighbourhood is
barren and uninteresting. I rode out occasionally, and
explored the hills to the south, which consist of trachytic
and other igneous rock, the debris of which have formed
a considerable talus, stretching nearly two miles into the
plain towards Erzeroum. A hollow in the hills about two
miles from the town, which has much the appearance of
an amphitheatre, seems, from the perpendicularity and
altered nature of the stratified rocks, and the variety of
igneous rocks, to have been the crater of a volcano during
the period of trachytic eruptions. On these hills I saw
many coveys and pairs of the bagrakala or attagen, but so
wild I was unable to get a shot at them.
The most remai-kable building in Erzeroum is called the
Chifteh Minarey, from two lofty minarets, now in ruins, which
have been built on each side of the principal entrance.
They are of a totally different style from the building itself,
and are formed of small coloured bricks and glazed tiles,
and deeply fluted, so as to bear a strong resemblance, I am
told, to those which are often seen in Persia. The building