The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-02
A PIECE OF NOAH'S ARK,
Seen by DIR. Reid During His Trip
Through Asia.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
DR.. Harry Fielding Reid, associate pro-
fessor of geological physics in the Johns
Hopkins university, has recently returned
from most interesting trip through Eu-
rope and part of Asa. He left Baltimore
in June and went direct TO Switzerland to
carry on work on the Forno glacier. To-
ward the end of July he joined the geolo-
gists who were attending the International
congress of biologists in Russia, on a trip
to the Ural mountains, crossing Russia by
rail from Moscow to the mountains, and
returning by rail and boat to Moscow and
St Petersburg.
The party visited the stone-cutting
works. just east of the Urals, in Siberia,
and stopped at Mini Novgorod during the
great fair, where the people from all over
Russia take their goods for sale. The fair
is open for two months, and during that
time the sales are said to aggregate over
one hundred million dollars.
DIR. Reid attended the meetings of the
international congress. where he met
Prof. Clark of the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. DR. Reid says the Russians were
most cordial, and treated their visitors
most Hospitality.
After the congress the members follow
ed different routes to the Caucasus noun
tains. DR.. Reid's route was through the
south and southeast of Russia, stopping
to visit Mount Elbruz, the highest noun
tain in Europe, it being over 1900 feet
high. 1t is a great volcanic cone, largely
covered with snow, and lies on the north
ern side of the Caucasus.
The party then went across the chain of
the Caucasus by the great military route
through the gorge of Darrell the famous
pass that has been used for many CEN
turtles. on the south side of the chain Dr.
Reid first made the acquaintance of Ash
attic costumes and manners in Tihis a
town doing a large trade between Europe
and the east.
The larger body of the biologists went
from there to the Crimea. a smaller party
of less than thirty, which DR.. Reid joined
made an excursion to the south to Erivan
the capital of ancient Armenia and to
Mount Ararat. They drove for two days
in carriages across a most interesting re-
gion under a Cossack guard as il is not
safe to travel unprotected in that district
From Ervan the party visited the head
quarters of the Armenian church, and was
entertained by the patriarch. The church
is several hundred years old and COM
mands a glorious view of Mount Ararat
The party was shown what is claimed to
be "A piece of Noah ark, which, the legend
asserts, was brought from the summit of
the mountain by an angel.
From Erivan the tourists also made an
excursion to Mount Ararat. The noun
tain is a great volcanic cone, nearly 1900
feet high rising from the plain at its base,
which is only about $500 feet above sea
level. To one side is the lower cone of
little Ararat. The party was most fortu-
nate at the time of its visit in having mag
nifcently clear weather.
A few of the travellers attempted to as
cend great Ararat, but only two succeeded.
One of those attempting this ascent left
his companions, and, when alone, slipped
and fell His hO1V was not rracovarad for
four days.
After leaving Mount Ararat the party
disbanded and came. home by various
routes. DR.. Reds route lay through the
Black sea to Odessa thence to CONSTANT
nople. Athens, Crete and Sicily, from
which place he visited the volcanic island
lying c,ose by to the north. He then re-
there, taking the North Cerman-Lloyd
turned to Switzerland to complete his work
steamer home.