CHAPTER XVIII.

Mehemet Pasha.--Description of Wan.--Its History.--Improvement in its Condition.--The Armenian Bishop.--The Cuneiform Inscriptions.--The Caves of Khorkhor.--The Meher Kapousi.--A Tradition.--Observations on the Inscriptions.--The Bairam.--An American School.--The American Missions.--Protestant Movement in Turkey.--Amikh.--The Convent of Yedi Klissia 320