56 Geographic. 



quo bibunt et riganl terrain. Sed si vesies in eo la~ 

 vent , protrahuntiir illce virides. Fides sit penes aulo- 

 rem Haukali fiiium. 



The O. G. p. 129. 



In the (erritory of Shapour there is a mountain ; 

 and in that mountain are the statues of all the kings , 

 and generals, and high priests {moubed} and illus- 

 trious men, who have existed in Pars and in that 

 place are some persons , who have representations 

 or them, and the siories of them written. 



In (he Koureh of Argan at the village called Sahil 

 al arch, there is a well, from which proceeds water 

 enough to turn a mill and water the fields. The 

 people here say, that they have made various efforts, 

 to ascertain the depth of this well , but have not 

 bi en able to reach the bottom. 



In the Koureh of Rostak arrostak , there is a place 

 between two hills , from which smoke constantly 

 issues : and it is said', that if a bird should fly near 

 that place , it would drop down. 



Near Warcin ( Dudein) there is ariver, called Nehr- 

 Cheen , the water of which is pleasant to the taste, 

 and is used for the purposes of agriculture : but when 

 clothes are washed in it, it becomes green. 

 Dcscrip. Chorasm. p. 5z. 



Osrushnah. Ebn-JIuuhn ! : Osrushnah nomenregionis 

 quemudnwdum et al Sogd : proecipua ejus pars mon- 

 tosa est, Osrushnah ab ortu Farganse, ab occasu li- 

 mitibus Samarcandae , a septenlrione (terris) al Shash , 

 et alia parte Fargana? , ab auslro confinibus Kash et 



