Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 92
ys beyond this plain, we crossed an el-■ated steppe, or plateau, and passed many greatirrows, or tumuli, which are thought to be thembs of ancient kings or heroes. Some of these■e of enormous size and resemble hills in magni-:de. I measured one which was three hundred;id sixty-one feet in diameter… … ANCIENT BARROWS OR TUMULI. \ ossacks say that they are the work of demons,•iha built them as altars, upon which to sacrificeo their master, Satan. Descending from this plateau, we crossed a low;>lain where there were numerous morasses andmall lakes, the waters of which were salt andometimes…
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