XVI.
1763-64-65.
[Night
camps
amongst
the
Georgians
-
Heraclius
treachery
-
Orders
Emin
to
leave
the
camp
immediately
and
go
to
the
Caucasus
-
A
trick
to
separate
him
from
his
escort
-
But
Emin
passes
through
without
any
mishap
-
Stays
at
the
house
of
a
Circassian
-
Falls
ill
-
Contrives
to
reach
Boragan,
where
Armenians
shelter
him
-
Writes
to
the
grandmother
of
the
young
lady
at
Astrakhan
-
But
now
that
he
is
penniless
and
in
trouble,
they
will
have
no
more
of
him
-
Atchakhan,
a
mountaineer
from
Muchkiz
-
A
lump
of
sugar
an
unknown
rarity
-
Mountaineer
offers
him
a
troop
of
forty
of
his
relatives
without
pay
-
The
difference
of
faith
"A
soldiers
religion
is
his
sword"
-
They
offer
him
their
allegiance
with
old-world
warlike
ceremony
-
A
Circassian
ladys
friendly
kindness
-
Eight
thousand
mounted
troops
at
his
command
-
A
mischief-making
Armenian
informs
the
successor
of
Stupition
and
receives
1500
strokes
for
his
pains
-
Emins
servant
Turkhan
arrives
from
Petersburgh
with
the
third
and
last
draft
from
Lord
Northumberland
-
His
interview
with
the
young
lady
at
Astrakhan.
]
In
Asiatic
camps,
pitched
in
the
night-time
in
their
irregular
way,
a
person
when
wanted
is
not
easily
found,
especially
the
Georgians,
among
whom
no
sort
of
regularity
or
order
is
kept;
but
from
eight
till
twelve
at
night,
there
is
as
much
hallooing
and
noise
as
if
they
were
already
beaten
by
the
enemy;
servants
hunting
for
masters,
and
masters
for
servants,
till
they
find
one
another,
exactly
like
cows
and
calves
in
a
dispersed
herd:
then
they
directly
spread
the
table-cloths,
set
down
the
skin-full
of
wine,
eat
and
drink
till
they
are
full,
and
then
sleep
as
sound
as
a
rock,
without
watch
or
sentry;
so
that
if
the
beasts
of
the
field
were
to
come
and
prey
on
their
bodies,
they
would
hardly
be
sensible
of
pain
till
sun-rise.
The
only
watchful
man
Emin
ever
saw
among
them
was
the
prince
himself,
who
sat
up
sometimes
till
one,
sometimes
till
two
in
the
morning,
with
his
household
servants,
whom
one
might
see
often
half
asleep,
standing
upon
their
legs
before
the
prince,
till
they
dropped
down
upon
the
ground,
and
afforded
him
great
amusement:
therefore
it
is
very
easy
for
an
European
general,
at
the
head
of
20,
000
men,
to
be
master
of
all
that
part
without
any
difficulty.
Prince
David
told
Emin
on
the
march
that
morning,
that
his
father-in-law,
though
he
was
a
little
out
of
humour
the
preceding
night,
yet
about
ten
oclock,
after
supper,
expressed
great
sorrow
for
having
used
him
so
ill,
without
any
sort
of
crime;
and
said,
he
was
in
hopes
of
keeping
him
by
good
treatment:
"For,
"
he
added,
"he
is
a
useful
man;
nor
will
I
give
ear
any
more
to
those
fellows
who
were
the
very
cause
of
my
displeasure.
"
When
they
came
to
the
second
stage
called
Sagarejo,
about
twelve
oclock,
they
halted
there
for
that
day,
where
the
road
divides
from
north
to
east.
The
thirty
Circassian
horsemen,
with
whom
the
princes
order
was
that
Emin
should
go
(when
in
Tiffliz,
he
sent
his
order
by
a
messenger),
did
not
halt,
but
kept
going
on;
he,
encouraged
by
what
David
had
told
him
in
the
morning,
stayed
behind
to
know
the
princes
pleasure;
and
about
three
in
the
afternoon,
Revaz
Eshikagasy
Bashy,
or
the
princes
first
aid-de-camp,
brought
word,
that
it
was
his
royal
masters
strict
command,
that
Emin
should
not
tarry
a
minute
longer
in
his
camp,
but
set
out
immediately
for
Caucasus,
and
over
that
mountain
to
Russia,
where
his
friends
were.
He
could
not
do
otherwise
than
obey.
The
brave
Georgian
troops,
in
a
manner
his
comrades,
were
extremely
sorry
for
this;
they
loved
Emin
as
their
brother,
having
been
skirmishing
with
him
against
the
enemy
several
times,
and
cursed
their
master
for
his
conduct.
Here
Emin
began
to
suspect
a
little,
that
Heracliuss
conversation
of
the
preceding
night
with
his
son-in-law
prince
David,
was
with
a
bad
design,
that
Emin
might
be
flattered
by
it,
and
stay
behind
at
a
distance
from
the
Circassians,
the
road
being
very
dangerous
for
a
few
travellers,
so
that
the
invading
Lazguis
might
lay
hold
of
him,
and
carry
him
into
captivity;
by
which
stratagem
he
might
be
put
out
of
his
way,
without
his
having
the
character
of
being
the
murderer
of
an
innocent
man;
and
by
that
politic
device,
he
might
also
stop
the
murmurs
of
the
world
against
him,
and
hide
his
Georgian
envy
in
the
profound
darkness
of
his
miserable
heart;
for
Emin
was
heartily
sorry
to
find
so
able
a
man
possessed
with
so
unmanly
a
vice,
destitute
of
conscience,
and
weak
enough
to
think
him
helpless,
without
believing
that
God
would
guard
him
to
the
destined
place.
Here
a
single
servant,
and
five
other
Armenians
set
out
in
the
name
of
God,
the
only
Father
of
the
fatherless,
and
arrived
in
four
days,
without
meeting
any
party
of
robbers
all
the
way,
at
Stephen
Sminda,
where
he
found
two
of
the
Circassians,
and
rested
there
two
days,
till
the
guides
of
the
mountaineers
came,
who
took
their
customary
fare
of
Emin,
and
carried
him,
with
the
other
Armenians,
ascending
and
descending
for
four
days,
to
the
other
side
of
Caucasus;
whence,
in
two
days
more,
he
arrived
at
the
house
of
one
of
the
Circassians
in
Circassia.
Here
Emin
and
his
servant
stayed;
the
other
five
Armenians
went
to
Kizlar,
intending
thence
to
proceed
for
Astrakhan.
This
was
in
the
month
of
June.
That
country
had
not
much
to
boast
of
its
climate
or
its
waters,
which
are
muddy
all
the
year
round.
Vexation
of
mind,
and
eating
mutton
every
day
without
bread
(instead
of
which
a
sort
of
hotch-potch
is
made
of
cunery-seed,
boiled
like
rice
to
a
thick
paste),
threw
Emin
and
his
servant
into
such
an
ague,
fever,
and
continual
head-ach,
as
in
forty
days
made
him
almost
despair
of
recovery;
and
seeing
there
was
no
sort
of
remedy,
he
begged
his
landlord
to
get
some
guide
to
conduct
him
to
Boragan,
twelve
miles
from
Kizlar,
where
he
had
heard
some
Armenian
families
inhabited,
who
might
help
to
take
some
care
of
him.
The
master
of
the
house
complied,
and
procured
on
the
spot
two
horses
to
carry
him
and
his
servant,
with
two
good
Circassians
on
horseback
to
be
his
guides
and
attend
him,
for
twenty-four
rupees,
to
be
paid
at
that
village,
his
Arab
horse
being
left
behind
lame.
He
arrived,
after
travelling
almost
four
days
and
four
nights
with
immense
fatigue,
and
in
exquisite
torture
from
head
to
foot,
and
alighted
at
an
honest
Armenians
house,
who
rejoiced
at
finding
him
alive,
though
he
was
almost
broken-hearted
at
his
ill
success,
and
prince
Heracliuss
cruel
behaviour.
He
was
however
comforted
with
some
refreshment,
and
paid
the
two
guides,
adding
some
small
presents;
his
servant
went
to
his
family
at
Astrakhan,
and
he
stayed
there
near
ten
months.
The
intermitting
fever
did
not
leave
him
till
November,
but
he
was
not
so
ill
as
in
Circassia,
because
the
Armenians
did
not
let
him
want
any
thing
all
the
time.
On
his
good
days,
twenty
of
the
young
and
old
Armenians
took
him
on
horseback
to
the
hot
waters,
about
three
miles
from
the
place,
where
they
pitched
tents
and
bathed
themselves.
Among
them
were
two
brothers,
who
always
washed
his
linen;
they
all
dined
and
slept
there
in
the
day-time,
and
an
hour
before
sun-set
came
back
again
to
their
houses
in
Boragan,
which
village
contained
800
Circassians
mixed
with
a
few
Tartars.
It
is
a
sort
of
republic,
under
the
protection
of
the
Russians,
with
six
Armenian
families,
and
about
thirty
unmarried
shopkeepers,
who
lived
very
comfortably
among
them
without
paying
any
sort
of
tax
to
the
chiefs
or
begs.
It
would
have
been
a
pleasant
retreat
for
Emin,
if
he
had
been
in
perfect
health,
since
every
thing
was
in
abundance,
and
his
few
countrymen
willing
to
make
his
time
pass
very
happily.
Recovering
a
little
from
his
illness,
he
thought
it
necessary
to
fulfil
the
obligation
of
his
engagement
to
the
Armenian
princess,
the
grand-daughter
of
Avankhan
in
Astrakhan,
mentioned
before;
and
he
wrote
a
letter
to
her
grandmother,
in
the
following
terms:
"The
Gohvar
Khanum
of
Armenia.
Madam,
I
answered
your
Highnesss
letter,
and
thanked
you
for
your
kind
correspondence,
and
for
that
of
my
friend
the
lovely
princess
Marian,
who
never
missed
any
opportunity
of
writing
to
me.
Your
Highness
will
know
by
my
letters
all
that
passed
between
the
prince
and
me,
whose
unmanly
treatment
of
me
put
me
in
mind
of
your
Highnesss
idea,
in
regard
of
his
character
and
his
people;
every
part
of
your
sentiment
proved
exactly
just.
It
is
some
time
since
I
came
to
this
place:
my
not
writing
immediately
was
owing
to
a
very
dangerous
illness,
which
disabled
me
from
holding
a
pen.
Now
(thank
God!)
I
am
recovering
every
day;
but
since
the
weather
and
the
climate
of
Astrakhan
will
not
be
healthy
yet
for
these
three
or
four
months,
I
deem
it
more
proper
to
make
this
easy
proposition
to
you;
by
acquainting
you,
that
it
will
be
quite
agreeable
to
both
parties,
if
you
will
please
to
come
with
the
princess
hither,
where
the
climate
is
more
favourable
at
this
season,
so
as
to
make
her
and
your
humble
servant
happy,
in
being
united
by
the
sacred
law
of
the
holy
church.
Thus
I
shall
fulfil
the
obligation
of
my
promise,
of
which
I
was
doubtful
when
you
proposed
that
happiness
to
me
before
at
Astrakhan;
having
acquainted
you,
that
I
had
done
a
foolish
mad
act
two
years
before,
in
sending
a
letter
to
the
prince
from
Bajazed,
little
expecting
to
go
round
to
him
from
Russia,
when
he
was
just
going
to
give
me
his
daughter
in
marriage,
but
was
prevented
by
the
over-hastiness
of
the
priest
Philipus,
an
Armenian,
the
princes
grammarian.
That
alliance
therefore
is
at
an
end.
Now
let
me
know
your
pleasure;
if
you
agree
to
come,
to
bring
my
friend
with
you,
or
chuse
that
I
should
come
to
you
myself.
Two
lines
will
be
sufficient;
let
them
but
contain
one
of
these
two
words,
negative
or
affirmative,
which
will
be
equally
satisfactory
to
me.
I
have
this
more
to
say;
that
when
the
marriage
shall
be
over
here,
or
at
Astrakhan,
I
will
again
return
to
Armenia,
to
try
my
fortune.
If
I
succeed
in
my
design,
which
has
been
your
chief
wish,
the
sending
for
you
both
will
be
very
easy;
but
should
I
fail
(which
is
in
the
hand
of
God),
then
I
can
come
with
honour,
having
done
all
in
my
power;
and
then
can
enter
into
the
imperial
service
of
Russia,
where
I
have,
as
your
Highness
knows,
many
great
friends,
who,
I
am
sure,
having
known
my
character
before,
and
seeing
my
future
conduct,
will
promote
me
accordingly.
I
wish
you
health
and
happiness.
Give
my
love
to
princess
Marian,
and
believe
me
to
be
for
ever
yours.
"
This
letter
was
sent,
and
Emin
waited
in
expectation
of
an
answer,
but
instead
of
writing,
they
returned
only
a
verbal
message
they
had
nothing
to
say
to
it.
The
dowager-mother
would
not
know
a
man
who
had
no
money;
a
second
and
third
message
came
one
after
another,
with
the
same
meaning.
Emin,
on
this
abrupt
disdainful
return,
maintained
himself
with
the
satisfaction
that,
when
he
had
the
young
lady
wholly
devoted
to
him,
his
conscience
stood
by
and
made
her
innocent
person
inaccessible;
whereas,
many
in
his
situation
would
have
been
glad
of
the
opportunity,
and
the
princess
Marian
herself
has
acknowledged
to
many
persons,
that
she
was
gratefully
obliged
to
him
for
his
honour
and
fortitude.
Emin
would
not
have
written
these
few
lines
so
frankly
if
he
had
been
a
merchant,
or
had
they
sent
a
civil
refusal;
but
as
a
soldier,
feeling
to
the
quick,
could
not
refrain
himself,
declaring
truly,
he
made
himself
easy
with
that
crossness
of
fortune.
Not
knowing
which
way
to
make
his
way
through
to
Georgia,
Emin
could
not
return
to
Astrakhan,
where
he
was
sure
of
having
a
mortifying
reception
in
return
for
his
honesty;
his
200
rupees
were
near
expended;
the
noble
English
were
too
far
to
receive
him
again
with
open
arms;
and
the
misery
of
adverse
fortune
increased
his
indisposition
so
severely,
that
he
eat
very
little
only
once
in
two
days,
and
so
on
for
a
long
time;
till
one
afternoon,
as
he
was
sitting
at
his
chamber-door,
there
came
into
the
court-yard
a
Muchkiz
mountaineer,
armed
with
a
gun
and
a
short
spear;
he
stood
a
great
way
off,
touching
his
sheep-skin
cap,
making
a
very
low
bow,
and
expressing
himself
in
these
very
words:
"Oh,
Agha!
I
wish
the
apples
of
my
eyes
had
dropped
out
of
their
sockets
under
your
feet,
before
I
had
seen
you
in
this
condition!
Are
not
you
the
man
who
came
to
Kizlar
from
the
Russian
empress,
who
made
the
general
Stupition
tremble,
and
run
into
the
fort
for
fear
of
you;
who
in
eight
days
after
marched
away
back
to
Moscow,
and
brought
a
firman
again
in
thirteen
months;
then
went
to
Georgia
to
that
cowardly
prince
Heraclius,
who,
I
am
informed,
has
turned
you
away
from
his
country
in
reward
of
your
zealous
services
in
beating
so
often
our
Lazgui
Chapauljees,
and
killing
many
of
us?
Why
did
not
you
accept
at
Kizlar,
the
offer
of
thousands
of
us,
who
were
very
willing
to
serve
under
your
command,
and
with
a
glad
heart
would
have
acknowledged
you
to
be
their
leader?"
Emin
called
him
nearer,
took
him
into
his
room,
presented
him
a
glass
of
arrack
with
his
own
hand,
and
when
he
had
drank
that,
gave
him
another
with
a
lump
of
white
sugar.
He
said,
"The
dram
is
very
pleasant;
but
what
is
this
piece
of
salt?"
Emin
answered,
"Put
it
in
your
mouth.
"
He
replied,
"Salt
is
eaten
with
bread?"
Emin
said,
"First
touch
it
with
your
tongue.
"
When
he
did
so,
finding
it
sweet,
he
cried
out,
"I
am
very
glad
to
have
this,
it
is
a
remedy
for
sore
eyes;
I
will
carry
it
to
my
wife
as
a
great
rarity.
I
tell
you,
Sir,
though
I
look
so
mean
in
dress,
I
am
a
miller
by
trade,
and
a
soldier
by
inclination;
I
have
forty
relations,
all
young
and
hardy,
some
of
them
have
fought
against
you
in
Gurgestan,
and
every
one
will
come
to
salute
the
dust
of
your
feet;
you
are
to
bless
them,
and
take
them
into
your
service,
with
their
arms
and
horses.
"
Emin
begged
to
be
excused,
as
having
no
money.
He
said,
"What
do
you
say?
Do
you
imagine
we
are
to
love
a
prince
for
his
treasure,
like
infidels?
No,
Sir,
we
are,
thank
God,
Musulmans;
we
only
want
your
sense
and
management
to
rule
over
us,
and
give
a
disposition
in
battle
like
the
Russians;
by
which
we
shall
have
all
the
money
in
the
world.
"
Emin
made
another
objection,
saying,
"Our
religions
are
not
cordial.
"
Atchakhan
(for
that
was
his
name)
said,
"That
does
not
signify
a
straw,
"
pointing
with
his
finger
to
the
ground;
"a
soldiers
religion
is
his
sword,
once
eating
bread
and
salt,
makes
them
all
brothers
to
eternity,
as
if
they
had
been
born
of
one
father
and
one
mother.
Let
the
Mulas
and
priests
differ
on
that
head,
our
business
is
fidelity
and
friendship;
so
God
preserve
you!
No
more
of
that;
I
am
going
like
lightning
to
set
all
the
mountains
on
fire
for
love
of
you;
be
in
the
way,
for
those
brave
boys
will
in
two
or
three
days
come
and
lay
their
heads
under
your
feet;
bless
and
receive
them
all
alike
in
your
open
arms!"
Atchakhan
the
Muchkiz
mountaineer,
having
ended
his
discourse,
went
away;
any
man
would
have
imagined
him
born
with
Emin
of
one
mother,
and
with
the
same
romantic
disposition,
and
style
of
speaking,
compounded
of
sense
and
wildness.
But
two
days
after,
he
brought
a
small
bag
full
of
walnuts,
with
his
wifes
compliments;
he
then
set
out
in
a
hurry,
and
did
not
stay
long
enough
to
take
another
dram.
On
the
fourth
day,
he
came
with
his
forty
relations
armed
and
well
mounted,
himself
at
their
head,
dressed
in
armour,
on
a
fine
horse;
he
entered
the
yard
where
Emins
room
was,
and
which
could
hold
but
six
men
sitting
cross-legged.
They
all
dismounted
and
came
two
and
two,
laying
their
heads
down
upon
the
ground,
to
receive
his
blessing.
He
was
going
to
forbid
them;
but
the
miller
Atchakhan
said,
he
would
break
their
heads,
if
he
hindered
them.
Emin
thought
himself
very
vain,
growing
as
big
as
a
bishop;
in
which
character
he
assumed
a
power
to
bless
them
all.
When
they
got
up
they
drew
their
sabres,
laid
them
before
him,
to
pray
that
they
might
be
successful,
free
from
rust,
and
continue
wet
with
the
blood
of
his
enemies.
He
could
not
refuse
all
those
warlike
ceremonies,
and
therefore
took
leave,
but
said
nothing,
finding
he
was
not
strong
enough
to
make
an
harangue
to
them.
Their
coming
to
him,
he
cannot
but
say,
was
some
comfort
to
him.
On
the
eighth
day,
as
he
was
walking
slowly
out
of
the
village
with
three
or
four
Armenians,
he
saw
all
of
a
sudden
six
hundred
men
mounted
on
horse-back,
in
armour,
with
sabres
and
guns,
at
the
distance
of
fifty
yards;
they
dismounted
immediately,
forming
themselves
into
a
large
semi-circle,
that
every
one
might
see
him
in
full
view.
The
master
of
the
ceremonies,
Atchakhan,
came
up,
and
said
to
him,
"These
men,
all
of
one
clan,
are
come
to
present
themselves,
and
to
offer
their
service
to
you;
treat
them
as
you
did
my
relations
yesterday;
to-morrow,
about
this
time,
there
will
be
another
set
of
them
here,
who
are
1200
in
number,
and
so
on
every
day
to
the
amount
of
eight
or
nine
thousand.
If
that
force
be
not
enough
to
go
on
with,
let
me
know,
that
I
may
bring
more;
they
have
ammunition
for
three
months,
and
provision
for
two
months
in
their
portmanteaus;
they
can
shave
one
anothers
heads,
and
have
each
a
pair
of
spare
horse-shoes,
besides
what
are
on
the
horses
hoofs;
they
will
not
want
any
thing
of
you,
but
to
be
commanded;
they
stand
ready
at
the
word
of
command
out
of
your
mouth;
to
put
this
very
village
to
the
sword,
if
the
inhabitants
have
not
behaved
to
you
properly.
"
Then
he
turned
his
face
towards
six
hundred
of
them,
saying,
"Did
you
hear,
brothers,
what
I
have
said
to
your
chief?"
They
answered,
"Yes;
and
we
are
very
ready
to
obey
him.
"
The
miller
then
asked
Emin,
if
he
was
satisfied?
and
all
the
while,
the
three
poor
Armenians
stood
trembling,
and
praying
for
Gods
mercy.
He
said,
"very
much
so,
"
and
desired
the
miller
to
tell
them
to
come
near,
two
and
two;
and
not
to
fall
prostrate
any
more,
but
only
to
sink
down
on
their
knees,
with
drawn
sabres
in
their
right
hand,
and
the
reins
of
their
horses
in
their
left,
to
receive
his
blessing;
and
he
told
them,
that
as
soon
as
he
should
be
recovered
from
his
sickness,
Atchakhan
should
be
sent
to
give
them
notice.
They
then
marched
to
their
huts,
some
one,
some
two,
and
some
three
days
journey
distant.
Emins
weakness
of
body,
during
the
few
minutes
of
his
standing
there
to
gain
the
hearts
of
those
brave
fellows,
made
him
return
home
as
much
fatigued
as
if
he
had
marched
an
hundred
miles.
Presently
after,
the
lady
of
the
village,
or
wife
of
the
chief,
who
happened
to
be
absent,
sent
her
compliments
to
Emin,
desiring
to
speak
a
word
with
him.
He
excused
himself,
deferring
the
interview
to
the
next
day,
when
he
waited
on
her.
After
the
usual
compliments
were
passed,
she
very
kindly
asked
how
he
did,
and
hoped
that
his
Armenian
subjects
took
great
care
of
him?
Emin
said
they
were
not
his
subjects;
they
were
his
countrymen.
She
said,
"How
can
that
be,
when
all
the
Dagistanis
call
you
Armarily
Pateshahy,
and
will
stand
by
you
with
their
conquering
arms,
to
make
even
that
Yaver
Heretius
Gurjee
acknowledge
you
such;
nor
is
it
in
the
power
of
any
prince
to
stop
the
mouth
of
the
world?
Do
not
you
know
the
proverb,
which
says,
Ell
Agzy
Faldar;
or,
The
mouth
of
the
people
is
omen?
The
inhabitants
of
our
village
are
thrown
into
great
apprehensions,
on
seeing
the
Muchkiz
nation
coming
to
you,
and
acknowledging
you
their
sirdar,
or
leader.
I
am
in
hopes
my
people
have
not
displeased
you?"
Emin
said,
"By
no
means,
madam;
in
the
first
place
I
am
but
a
guest,
and
the
village
is
under
the
protection
of
the
Russian
patishah,
whom
God
preserve!
and
who
is
also
the
protector
of
the
Armenian
nation.
How
is
it
possible
I
should
be
so
imprudent
as
to
take
it
amiss?
Even
if
your
ladyship
should
chuse
to
turn
me
out
of
Boragan
your
village,
with
a
glad
heart
I
should
obey
your
command
that
very
instant.
"
At
this
expression
the
lady
could
not
contain
herself
for
joy;
she
then,
with
uncommon
cheerfulness,
honoured
Emin,
saying,
"O,
brother!
I
am
happy
to
see
the
reality
of
the
report
I
have
heard;
you
truly
deserve
to
be
the
sovereign
of
all
Armenia,
Dagishtan,
and
Georgia.
"
Emin
said,
his
opinion
of
her
wisdom
stood
on
the
same
ground,
having
often
heard
the
praises
of
Circassian
ladies,
and
now
seeing
the
truth
of
them
in
her
most
charming
sensible
behaviour.
Finding,
therefore,
the
lady
to
resemble
in
beauty,
politeness,
and
good-nature,
the
noble
English
ladies,
he
cheered
up
his
spirits
and
opened
the
book
of
his
heart
before
her,
displaying
his
rhetoric
in
the
Turkish
language,
which
made
the
amiable
Circassian
love
him
as
her
brother;
and
while
he
remained
there,
she
called
him
so
with
great
affection;
and
he
esteemed
the
liberty
of
intitling
her
as
his
dear
sister
equally
valuable.
After
this
peaceful
meeting
was
over,
he
eat
bread
and
salt,
which
is
the
sacred
tie
of
friendship,
and
then
went
to
his
lodging,
almost
recovered;
giving
a
demonstrative
proof
of
the
power
of
the
fair
sex,
that
a
single
conversation
only
could
cure
his
illness:
and
he
is
happy
to
declare,
that
it
had
been
always
his
lot,
when
in
great
distress
of
mind,
to
be
relieved
by
them,
and
induced
not
to
despair.
Every
two
or
three
days
the
troops
came,
and
were
received
as
usual.
When
the
list
was
completed
to
eight
thousand,
in
a
months
time,
its
report
reached
Georgia
to
the
south,
and
Astrakhan
to
the
north;
for
a
Kizlar
was
but
twelve
miles
from
Boragan,
they
could
have
intelligence
from
it
in
four-and-twenty
hours,
the
sentry
being
just
over
the
river
Turky,
where
two
thousand
Russian
Cossack
families
inhabited.
Emin
was
informed
that
a
Nukhchuan
Armenian
had
told
all
that
passed
to
the
new
general
of
Kizlar,
successor
to
the
late
Stupition,
and
how
Emin
had
brought
over
to
him
those
eight
thousand
men,
and
inlisted
them;
for
which
information
the
fellow
received
a
reward
of
1500
strokes
with
a
stick
on
his
naked
back,
by
the
generals
order;
who
declared
to
the
rest
of
the
Armenians
standing
by,
that
Emin
was
a
free
man,
not
a
subject
to
the
Russians,
and
a
Christian,
as
well
as
a
man
of
honour,
that
he
would
do
the
Russians
no
wrong,
nor
meddle
with
their
frontiers.
"Let
him
do
as
he
pleases,
"
added
he;
"our
great
ministers
have
several
times
examined
him,
and
know
his
principles
better
than
you
do;
otherwise
he
would
never
have
been
suffered
to
pass
our
frontiers.
The
envious
Heraclius
has
not
let
him
remain
in
his
country,
though
he
would
have
been
of
infinite
service
to
him;
and
the
very
man
to
prevent
the
Lazguis
from
enslaving
every
year
multitudes
of
the
Georgians,
and
selling
them
like
asses
to
the
Turks.
Emin
is
much
beloved
by
two
great
nations;
first
by
the
English,
secondly
by
us
Russians.
How
can
it
be
possible
that
he
should
act
with
hostility
against
Christians;
for
his
very
aim
and
zeal
is
to
die
for
Christians?
He
flatters
the
Dagistanians
only
to
frighten
Heraclius.
I
tell
you,
that
hence-forward,
if
ever
you
bring
such
treacherous
false
reports
to
me,
you
shall
be
tied
up
and
flogged
like
brats,
which
will
be
worse
than
the
chastisement
yonder
fellow
has
received.
"
This
news
made
Emin
very
happy,
especially
as
it
came
from
an
unknown
gentleman,
whom
he
never
before
had
the
honour
of
seeing.
At
the
beginning
of
November
one
of
his
servants
arrived
from
Petersburgh,
who
had
been
sent
from
Tiffliz
eight
or
nine
months
before,
for
the
third
and
last
draft
of
one
hundred
pounds
from
the
late
duke
of
Northumberland,
with
three
pieces
of
English
cloth
and
a
watch
worth
ten
pounds,
presents
from
his
old
Armenian
friend
Joanes
Lazar,
in
Russian
-
Ivan
Lazarwitz,
before-mentioned.
This
man,
whose
name
was
Tarkhan,
told
Emin,
that
when
he
was
at
Astrakhan,
in
his
way,
the
princess
Marian
seemed
to
be
in
great
concern
at
his
having
been
used
so
unpolitely,
without
even
a
civil
letter.
She
pleaded,
that
her
mother
was
at
that
time
in
great
agitation;
for
the
tyrannical
new
governor
had
stopped
the
allowance
made
by
the
late
empress
Elizabeth,
pressing
hard,
and
trying
all
possible
means
in
his
power
to
make
her
his
wife;
which
trouble
of
mind
prevented
her
writing
to
his
master.
Tarkhan,
understanding
something
of
the
affair,
or,
perhaps,
having
been
acquainted
with
it
at
Moscow,
said
to
her,
"No,
Madam,
your
Highness
had
heard
that
Emin
was
poor,
and
you
did
not
care
to
answer
his
letter:
now
you
hear
he
has
the
command
of
all
Dagistan,
you
speak
thus
mildly,
so
as
to
move
his
affection:
but
he
is
a
man
of
spirit,
and
will
abide
by
your
treatment
of
him.
For
your
sake
alone
he
displeased
Heraclius,
while
you
or
your
mother
had
not
sense
enough
to
gain
the
heart
of
a
man
who
would
have
raised
you
in
honour
and
respect.
Whom
do
you
now
think
of
marrying,
but
some
Armenian
merchant,
who,
in
Russia,
is
no
more
than
a
Jew?"
