Note 15 — Chapter V · FROM VAN TO BITLIS

I will not attempt to explain or reconcile with one another the maps of Kiepert, Cuinet, and Glascott (Journal R.G.S. 1840, vol. x.), and the surveys of Hommaire de Hell (Extrait du Voyage en Turquie, etc., Paris, 1859) and others. Such is the ignorance of one’s guides that one cannot do more than question them closely as to the names of villages and put down the information without much confidence in its exactness. What is true of the names of villages is also true of mountains. That portion of the range which lies on the west of Mount Ardos is named Karkar in Kiepert’s map; a friend of mine who had travelled in the country knew it under the name of Varkar. I was not made acquainted with either of these names. ↑