Show ascent of mount ararat major robert stuart of the british army in a comma ni cation calion to the london times gives an account of thel ascent of mount ararat made by hims himself eill elif ano and four other englishmen on oil the 11 II U th oi 01 3 july U 1 y the following estrict concludes conn cond udes tie tle account of the ascent Wrap wrapping ping plue ourselves in our rugs rugg we passed the tiie as well as could be expected and at peep of dall d awn we resumed the ascent it certainly was toilsome and slow but was tn tr fram an elevation of or about feet above the sea the tile sunrise iii ili ii unclouded majesty Y lighting up simultaneously to our view v vast ast tracts of or the russian persian turkish empires that was a glorious glo rions sight never to ba be forgot forgotten tei tel 1 about 1 1200 2 feet from the summit na we came apon apon an oak oali cross that had been fixed there in the he rork by bv professor A abich bich iu in the vear year 1845 it wis was in ill perfect preservation and the inscription in russian characters still legible this was the most difficult part of the tiie ascent ilia tha obstruction obstructions were frequent and the climbing kt t times perilous but caution and preset ver ven aiice allee to overcome everything and aud at 9 A e had the st satisfaction of sta standing on oil the ewe swe lest iest 7 tile the mountain mount din dia here I 1 struck to t birt heft fa fh chasnow a kama or short double e edged d Y d sword we j qun tho tha ho fo abicht bi crops cross aj here also as loy eaith of our belor belot beloyed fid tid queen in bran brana esty will perhaps deign to accept 1 ils lis 0 n of allegiance ahlegian all ali egian eglan on considering that hers Is p dak ark athe first name that has been pronoun pronounced C ed that solemn height since it was quitted by the great 11 patriarch of the human race for no rree record co 9 of tradition exists exist sor of the ascent having ever been made before although repeatedly tried by men oi 01 different countries both Bur eur european and asiatic professor AL abich ich made several attempts but failed in all A as is proved by the position of the cross crow by the testimony of the ila tia natives tir and even by the testimony of oflus liis ilia own countrymen we descended oil on the tracks of the others and got back to the tile tena tents about 4 P af the whole surface of mount blount ararat bears evidence of having been subjected to violent volcanic action being seamed and edwith dee irav ravines fues lues the rocky ridges that protrude from the snow are either bas sault or and near tha the we found some bits of or pumice on a spot s still till tili emits a stron strong g sulphurous smell I 1 the summit itself is nearly tevel level of fir a triangular s shape hape tile the base being about yards ili in length the perpendicular about the lle highest point is at the apex of the triangles which points nearly due west separate from it by a hollow is another point paint of nearly equal egnal altitude and tire tild base ot of the tho triangle friang le is isan iaan ati elevated ridge to foraging foral forai ing a third eminence these three points stand out in distinct reli rell relief eton etan on a clear day daf the snow on the top is i almost dry as powder and in ia walking over it we did not sink more tilon ilion way to our knee the ile impression left on my mind is that the summit Is an extinct crater filled wit lisnow snow we experienced no of respiration s pi ration except being sooner blown by exertion than we should have been at a lower level the cold was intense and though perfect calm P prevailed re at t the time at the foot of tiie tile cone as we after afterwards wards lear leaunta learnt nta a keen wind was blowing from the west which raised a blinding mist of fine snow that prevented us from taking agy aly distant views As may be supposed our success has crohl crool created ted tad nos no small mail senh senk sensation tion throughout the country the fame of it pr preceded seceded us wherever wie rever we went it was announced as a sort 0 of wonder to the caravana caruvana traveling eastward and aud the tiie kaimakan raim Kaim akam akem of has lias made it an oba ct of a special report to constantinople stantin ople opie from the acred sacred character of the mounta mounts inand the traditions associated with vichit it throughout tiie tho east identical as iley hey are with scriptural reco records ads J 1 I am inclined to think that a degree of ikno importance wi wall ill fit attach to this ance in popular estimation beyond what is due to a mere inere exhibition of nerve or mul mui scle sele and this no doubts doubt will deu jeu tell teli in favor of our oar national prestige on the lath we ascended lesser ararat but this weing being an ordinary affair does dora not call for foy rora fora a detal fd pd account I 1 would only observe that per haps hops from no other spot in the tile world can a finer or more extensive view be obtained this view we had 1 d the good fortu ielo te to enjoy to perfection with a cloudless sky and clear li sphere to save our readers tile the trouble of referring to i a gazetteer caze gaze teer I 1 many stame state that the summit of he the greater ararat is feet above the tile level of the sea and above the plain from base lase of cone to summit ma may y be t dav e feet lesser Ara ararat is feet bove sea pea level |