Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-13

enia, at the foot of an ancient fortress, l near the juncture of the headWaters of the AIurad. Nearby is a ruined cara van station, where formerly stood the great city of Zahrawan, destroyed by the Persians near the middle of the -4th century. At that time in the neighborhood of S0.000 people, of whom about 5000 were Jews. are said to have lived there. Diyadin is a place of little importance, with a pop ulation of about 2,00O.
 Deynze-A town of western Belgium, nine miles west of southwest of Ghent, on the left bank of the Lys, noted for it's distilleries of gin. Its population is about 5000. The town is one Of great antiquity, the Normans having ravished it as early as S80. In 1925, Philip " of Spain erected it into Q marquisate in favor of Diego-Mexia- de-Gusman, by whom it was sold in 1882 Deynze has manufactories of lace, linen. soap, and tobacco, and oil- mills and salt-rehneries.
 La NeuViIIe- -Au- Pont-A French town in the Argonne region, on the line running from Revigny to Hirson, five miles from St. Menehould. The place is situated amid green meadows on the right bank of the Aisne. On top of a hill on the edge of the town IS the famous fountain, Cote-a-Vigenes,
 
 legend, frequently stopped to rest The place has become much frequented by pilgrims. The surrounding landscape is as charming as many be found any place in France.
 Jidda-An Arabian town on the Red Sea, surrounded by low barren country with practically no vegetation, and nearly destitute of water. It is situated about midway on Arabia's Gf line in, front nf Tar Of hiila ten miles from the sea. The place ex- ports mother of-pearl shells. goat and sheep p-hides, honey, wax and dates Thousands of pilgrims pass through Mecca, 50 miles inland, of which Jidda is the port. Rain water is carefully collected into cisterns and closely guarded. The population is estimated at S0,000. --..- Kars-A strongly fortified town cf about 22,000 inhabitants in Russian Armenia, 20 miles from the Turkish border and 115 miles southwest of Tihis, on the Arpachai River. Located in fertile and well-cultivated plain, it was formerly a fourishing town, but the Russian- Turkish wars of 1928 1855 and 1877 laid a heavy hand on it, destroying it's trade and robbing it of its wealthiest and most industrious inhabitants. It was ceded to Russia in 1878. The citadel of Kars is built of unheWn stone.
 Les islettes-A French village in the Argonne Forest, on the route from St. Menehould to Clermont, 50 miles west of Verdun. Formerly the town was the principal center for the glass making industry of this district, glass factories being located in all the neighborip~ villages and hamletS that dot the valley of the BrieSme. But today, with coal being used instead of logs in the furnaces of the large glass factories. the Argonne region has lost it's advantage. Only two factories now remain in the part of France, one at Les Islettes and the other at Sen ades.
 Bayazid-A town in extreme north eastern Turkey-in-Asia, Il miles from 1 the Persian frontier and Is miles from Russian Caucasia. Mount Ararat lies | 10 miles to the northeast. The town | contains one of the most picturesque groups of ruins in western Asia, and l it's palace, until recently, was the fln- est in the Turkish Empire. Bayazid replaced the old Armenian city of Pakovan. founded in the first cen | tury of the new era, and was namcd after it's founder, Sultan Bayazid I. | It is situated in a sort Of recess in a range of mountains. On a nearby summit is a. strongly fortified. citadel. Cotton-stuffs are fabricated there. The population, principally Armenian, is 1 approximately 2,00o.