CHAPTER XVII.

The Summer.--Encampment at Kouyunjik.--Visitors.--Mode of Life.--Departure for the Mountains.--Akra.--Rock-Tablets at Gunduk.--District of Zibari.--Namet Agha.--District of Shirwan--of Baradost--of Gherdi--of Shemdina.--Mousa Bey.-- Nestorian Bishop.--Convent of Mar Hananisho.--Dizza.--An Albanian Friend.--Bash-Kalah.--Izzet Pasha.--A Jewish Encampment.--High Mountain Pass.--Mahmoudiyah.--First View of Wan 300