under which they are displayed. the conduct to which I was here a p.: witness, it is difficult to speak, except in to of reprobation. These oriental Christians the present day were not, however, with their consolations, which they reciproc interchange in nearly the same languag that attributed, in the very next page t same historian, to the Armenian arch':. Isaac, when he deplores, yet half excuses. vices of Antasines, the nephew and suces of the Persian Chosroes.* These midnight revels did not cease the morning was nigh, and even then more had sunk upon the floor to sleep, r fatigue and intoxication, than had retires! the purpose of going to their own h The speedy downfall of the Mohamn. power, and the eternal damnation of all b tics and infidels, were the favourite toes and these, it is said, were so clearly rec "Our king," says this mitred prelate, is to addicted to licentious pleasures; but he has been på" in the holy waters of baptism. He is a lover of wother he does not adore the fire or the elements. He r serve the reproach of lewdness, but he is an und Catholic; and his faith is pure, though his man flagitious." on. ended by holy writ, that drinking to their complishment was only supporting the word God, and hastening the drinker's own salvaWith this reiterated assurance, which as repeated on all sides at every draught at was swallowed, sounds of cursing still verberating in my ears, I stretched myself ong upon the carpet, to catch an hour's pose before the dawn should summon me begin my journey, which the revolting enes I had unwillingly witnessed here made e most impatient to begin. 2 D VOL. I CHAPTER XII. FROM DIARBEKR TO MARDIN, NISIBIS. DARA, A JUNE 28th.-It was by the grey twils of the morning that I saddled my hore.i haste; when, rolling up my carpet beha me, and balancing my spear, I mounted 1 the court-yard of the merchant's house, a left the recently noisy party all now soun asleep, after the excesses of the preceda night. It was not yet sun-rise when I reaches the city-gate, so that this was still shut; an as the warders had received orders on the preceding evening not to suffer either th Koord or myself to pass without express pe mission from the governor, I was again a rested here, until the truth of my ow liberation from the claims of my companion's |