CHAPTER I PAGE

Descend into Turkish Territory 1

CHAPTER II

To Lake Van 11

CHAPTER III

Across Lake Van 25

CHAPTER IV

Van 38

CHAPTER V

From Van to Bitlis 116

CHAPTER VI

Bitlis 145

CHAPTER VII

From Bitlis to Mush—Mush 160

CHAPTER VIII

From Mush to Erzerum 174

CHAPTER IX

Erzerum 198

CHAPTER X

Return to the Border Ranges—T??atta, ???atta! 225

CHAPTER XI

Revisit Armenia 237

CHAPTER XII

Across the Central Tableland to Khinis 245

CHAPTER XIII

From Khinis to Tutakh 254

CHAPTER XIV

Down the Murad to Melazkert 264

CHAPTER XV

From Melazkert to Akhlat 276

CHAPTER XVI

Akhlat 280

CHAPTER XVII

Our Sojourn in the Crater of Nimrud 298

CHAPTER XVIII

Round Nimrud by Lake Nazik 314

CHAPTER XIX

Ascent of Sipan 326

CHAPTER XX

Back to the Central Tableland 340

CHAPTER XXI

Our Sojourn on BingÖl 359

CHAPTER XXII

Home across the Border Ranges 379

CHAPTER XXIII

Geographical 383

CHAPTER XXIV

Statistical and Political 408

APPENDIX I

National Constitution of the Armenians in the Turkish Empire 445

APPENDIX II

Chemical Constitution of some Armenian Lakes 468

BIBLIOGRAPHY 471

INDEX 497