Note 45 — II. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING ARMENIA.
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Stories of serpents seem to be rife in Armenia. On the Araxes, south of Nakhcheván (see note below), is a mountain called the Serpent Mountain, where serpents are said to collect in such numbers at certain times, that no man or beast dare approach. (See Haxthausen’s Transcaucasia, pp. 144, 181, 353, etc.)