_ 293 _ This was on spite of my having cured and bled all of them and given them all the time throughout the journey all that I had and carried with me. They have no friendship for anyone. They think that all the other races in the world must give them by right all that they have, without their showing them any kind of gratitude for it. For this reason we agreed not to wait for the caravan, and to go ahead with our loads. This meant in total fourteen to fifteen mules including loads and mounts. Besides, the the way from here on is not so dangerous because of thieves, and small caravans habitually travel, as there are inns. In the winter it is not possible to camp in the open. Therefore, once we were ready with our mules for from here to Aleppo carnels do not go because the roads are so rough, we left this city on a Wednesday at eight o’ clock on 28th November, with the sun rising to the south-east and setting in the west. We travelled towards the north-west, and when we had gone about a league and a half I saw, in the middle of the road, a giant sepulchre, as long as three of ours, and very broad. A little farther on there was another. I was told that they were very ancient, from the time of the Armenian kings, when there were many giants throughout Armenia.
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