This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. VISIT TO THE KEDABEK MINES--DOUKHOBOR VILLAGE-CAUCASIAN SCENERY--ELIZABETHPOL--UDZHARRI. AFTER their month's detention at Tiflis, it was necessary for the two Friends and their interpreter to take a journey to the great copper mines of Kedabek, and from there still further into the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. VISIT TO THE KEDABEK MINES--DOUKHOBOR VILLAGE-CAUCASIAN SCENERY--ELIZABETHPOL--UDZHARRI. AFTER their month's detention at Tiflis, it was necessary for the two Friends and their interpreter to take a journey to the great copper mines of Kedabek, and from there still further into the mountains near Lake Goktcha. To reach the mines from Tiflis, they proceeded by rail to Daliar station, on the line to Baku, driving thence across country to Kedabek, some thirty miles southward. From John Bellows to his Wife. T1fl1s, 28-1-93. "It is with a feeling of relief that I find myself again on the railway, as it means one more step towards the accomplishment of our work. The country we are travelling over is steppe--the flat valley of the Kur, two or three miles wide, between the hills of Kohitia, the great wine district of the Caucasus, on our left, and the snowy, sun-dazzled mountains of Armenia on our right. The line is just crossing the river Kur, and the steppe is here diversified with trees. A few versts behind we passed a few of the very dwellings Strabo mentions--i.e., huts underground. These have framed doorways. "When we got into the train at Tiflis, I refused to enter the smoking carriages, and as the 'wi'-kouriastchi' or ' Nichtraucher' seemed to be reserved for ladies only, we have changed into the first-class by permission of the chef de gare. This has led to our making two acquaintances--a Persian Shihite Mahomedan and a Turkish Bek. 156 SHIHITE MAHOMEDANS We find from the latter that the Persian is a judge at Shusha, the place we shall soon visit (Shusha is the Tartar word for 'glass'--from its white appearance on a hill, at a distance.) "The Turk is a tall young man, with slightly aquiline nose, densely black hair, and...
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392pp 4 plates & map, Kegan Paul, London 1904. *Much on Tolstoy & the Dukhobors. Includes 140 pages on his travels in Russia, particularly the Caucasus. The author was an eminent Quaker & had interviews with Tolstoy. Very good.
