Armenia: A year at Erzeroom, and on the frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia
CHAPTER XI.
Excursion to the Lake of Tortoom.--Romantic Bridge.--Gloomy Effect of the Lake.--Singular Boat.--"Evaporation" of a Pistol.--Kiamili Pasha.--Extraordinary Marksman.--Alarming Illness of the Author.--An Earthquake.--Lives lost through intense Cold.--The Author recovers Page 145