Transcriber's Note
Reading edition
Illustrations have been moved near the relevant section of the text.
Inconsistent hyphenation and use of separate words have been retained for:
down stream/downstream
Eski Chehir/Eski-Chehir
framework/frame-work
goatskins/goat skins
half way/half-way
hillside/hill-side
machine guns/machine-guns
sheep tracks/sheep-tracks
some one/someone
tilework/tile-work
trench digging/trench-digging
up stream/up-stream
up to date/up-to-date
used up/used-up
Inconsistencies in italicization and capitalization have been retained.
Page numbers are documented in the source code.
I have added links within the document to larger versions of the maps.
The following minor typographical corrections were made:
Period added after "line"
Space added before "the"
"Poor" changed to "poor"
Period removed after "Tip"
"A pparently" changed to "Apparently"
"pro cured" changed to "procured"
"Bighar" changed to "Bihgar"
"andfind" changed to "and find"
Period added after "Mellis" and "Maj.-Gen. Mellis." centered
"in in" changed to "in"
Period added after "Mackenzie"