At another village, they found a decidedly evangelical priest.

That his influence over his large village was good was apparent in the quiet and orderly behavior of the people, and their attention to the Gospel.

Indeed, they were accustomed to the word of exhortation daily at their evening prayers.

This priest had a small school every winter, to which several lads resorted from neighboring districts.
A very different scene was witnessed in the village of Mar Ziah, which was thronged with ecclesiastics who obtained their livelihood by begging.

"They were dressed," Mr.Coan writes concerning them, "in scarlet and silk, and were exceedingly haughty in their bearing.
We met the people in the churchyard, but, after a few words, there arose such a tumult as I hope never to see again.