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eight; hunder'd paces from the Mountain. In this Garden are to be ieen the re- 

 mains of a Palace of one of the ancient Kings of Perfiaiyez what is itill to be (een, 

 does not declare it to have been very magnificent. The King was call'd Psdjha 

 qmtfhdjht Scald-pated King.i thing not to be wonder'd at, in regard there are 

 few Pcrftuns but inch as either have, or have had fcald heads. 



Two leagues from Schiras, to the South-weft, at the toot of the great Moun- 

 tain, ftands a Hermitage, calPd lur-Boimo, where three or four Drrvis live, as be- 

 ing a pleafant place ; for the Dsrvis always choolc out the moit delightful places 

 to pitch their Tents in: where they fit imoaking their Pipes with that gravity, 

 that if the King himfelf fhould come by, they would not ftk to give him re- 

 verence. That which adds to the pleafto of that Hermitage, is a fair Spring of 

 water that refrefhes the Garden, and the number of fair Trees that are about 



it. 



About a quarter of a league from the City, toward the Weft, is to be feen a 

 Church-yard encompait with Walls ; in the middle whereof, looking toward 

 Mecca, minds a Monument very much frequented by the Dervis'^nd other devout 

 people, who fay their Prayers there, it being the Sepulcher of liougi* lU}i^ 3 for 

 whom they have a very great veneration. The year of his deceale is fet down 

 upon his Tomb j being in the year 1 381: and he purchase! that great eiteem 

 among the Perfians, for having compos'd a great Book of Morality, and for that 

 he was alfo one of the belt Poets of his time.He lias left one great Poem behind him 

 in the praife of good Wine; which has caus'd many to aver, that Hougia-Hafiz. 

 was no good Mujfnl-man, in regard he has (6 highly prais'd a thing which is Co 

 ftridly forbidd'n by the Law of Mahomet. 



Neer to the Church- yard is a fair Garden, which men go to fee for the beauty 

 of the Cyprefs-trees, which are its chief ornament. They are to be admir'd for 

 their height and bignefs, among which there is one that was planted by the hand 

 of Sha-Abbas the Great himfelf, in the year 1607 j and it may well deferve to 

 have been planted by the hand of a Monarch ; for it was bigger then the reft that 

 had been planted above a hunder'd years before. 



Without the City, upon the North-fide, at the foot of the Mountain, is a Gar- 

 den belonging to the ancient Kings offerfia 3 call'd Bag- Firdous. It is full of 

 Fruit-trees, and Rofe-trees in abundance. At the end of the Garden, upon the 

 defcent of a Hill, ftands a great piece of Building, and below a large Pond af- 

 fords it water. The rich Inhabitants of Sclnras have been formerly very curious 

 to have fair Gardens, and have been at great expences to that purpofe. But nei- 

 ther at Schiras, nor at Ifpahan, is there any thing that may compare with thole 

 lovely Paradifes of France and Italy. 



There are many Inns in Schiras, but the Franks generally lodg at the Convent 

 of xhtCarmelit e Friars:and they that would be- more privatejodg at another Houfe 

 that belongs alfo to the fame Friars, which they would fain fell, as being a charge 

 to 'em at this time. 



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