Chap. VI. of Monfieur Tavern ie r. 147 



where they dually train up the Hawk , they lay meat upon the head , or in the 

 holes of the eyes , to the end the Bird may be fure to feize thole parts at his down- 

 come. Being accuftom'd to feed in this manner for fome days together, they fix the 

 Beaft upon a Plank with four Wheels, and eaule it to be drawn with long Cords by 

 certain men , that mend their pace ev'ry day, 'till at length it is drawn by a Horfe 

 at full fpeed , whereby the Bird is accuftom'd by degrees not to forfake her prey. 

 After the fame manner they counterfeit all other forts of Quarrys to enter their 

 Hawks , as well wild Boars, wild AfTes , as Hares and Foxes. Some there are that 

 will order a Crow with the fame induftry as you would make a Hawk. They have 

 have alio a certain Beaft which they call Once, which has a fpotted skin like a Tiger, 

 but which is neverthclefs very gentle and tame \ this a Horfe : man will carry behind 

 him , and when he fees a wild Goat, he lets down the Once , which is fo nimble , that 

 in three leaps he will be upon the back of the wild Goat g though the wild Goat be 

 a very fwift Creature. The Once immediately ftrangles him with his (harp teeth; 

 But if by accident the wild Goat get from him , the Once will ftand ftill in the fame 

 place abafh'd and troubl'd , fo that an Infant may take him and kill him , without 

 the lead: rcfiftance made in his own defence. 



The Kings of Perfia take great delight in Hunting , and in that (port it is that 

 they love to fhew themfelves magnificent : Infomuch that Sha-Sefi defirous to treat all 

 the AmbafTadors then at his Court,which at that time were the Tartarian, Muscovite, 

 and /m&a*,carry'd them along with him into the field, and having tak'n a great number 

 of Harts, Fallow-dear, Hinds, and wild Boars, he caus'd them all to be made ready to 

 be eat'n the fame day : And while he was feafting , an Architect had order to raife 

 a Pyramid of the heads of thofe Beafts in the middle of Ifpahan, of which there are 

 fome remains to this day. When the Architect had rais'd it to a confideraDle height, 

 he came very pleafantly to the King , and told him he wanted nothing but one 

 head of fome great Beaft to finifh the Work. The King , whether in his Wine, 

 or to fhew the AmbafTadors how abfolute he was over his Subjects , turning briskly 

 toward the Architect-, Thou fafflwell , laid he, nor do I know where to meet with 

 a Head more proper than thy own. Thereupon the miferable Architect was fore'd 

 tofubmithisownHead, the King's Command being prefently put in execution. 



1 



CHAP. IV. 



Of the manner of Building in Perfia. 



N regard there is little Wood or Stone in Per fa , all the Cities, except fome 

 Houfes, are generally built of Earth •, but of an earthen , or rather a kind of 

 Potter's Clay, lb well wrought, that you may cut it like Turf, being wrought 

 to a juft confiftency. The Walls are made with lays of Earth, according to 

 the proportion intended , and between every lay of Earth , three Foot high , two 

 or three rows of Bricks bak'd in the Sun. Thefe Bricks arc made in a fquare xMold 

 three fingers thick , and feven or eight inches broad : and for fear they fhould cleave 

 with drying in the Sun , they lay over them pounded Straw to keep them frorri 

 chopping in the heat. They never lay the fecond Lay 'till the firft be dry, nor is 

 the fecond Lay to be fo broad as the lowermoft. Thofe Buildings which are made 

 of Brick bak'd in the Sun are very handfom-, and after the Wall is rais'd, the Mafon 

 planters it over with a Morter made of Potter's Clay mingled with Straw i, fo that 

 the defctts of the Building being cover'd , the Wall appears very firm and dole. 

 Then the Work-man plaifters the Morter over again with a Lime mixt with Mufcovy- 

 Grcen , which he pounds with a certain Gum , to render the Lime more glutinous : 

 and then rubbing the Wall over with a courfe Bruth , it becomes as it were damask'd 

 and filvcr'd, and looks like Marble. The poor are contented with only bare Walls, 

 or fome courfe daubing that cofts little. The middle of the Houfe confifts of a large- 

 Portico , twenty or thirty Foot fquare \ and in the middle of the Portico a Fountain 

 full of Water. It is all open upon one fide •, and from the Portico to the Pond ot 



T 2 Fountain 



