Chap.XXII. of Monfieur Tay 



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CHAP. XXIL 



A continuation of the Road from Ifpahan to Ormus, from Sehiras to 



Bander-Aballi. 



TH E fixth of March, by eight of the Clock in the morning, I departed from 

 Schtras; and after fix hours travel through the plain that continues fertil for 

 a league together beyond the City, I came to an Inn c&WdBadaadgi. The water is 

 bad, being as it were Juke- warm. Here cold weather begins to'ceafe. The next 

 . day I fet out by break of day, and came to a large and weil-built Inn, only it ftood 

 remote from any Town. It is call'd Mov^affen, and is the only place in Petfia 

 where I met with black Sahgots, or Water-nuts, as big and as good as ours in 

 Daufoine. The Countrey breeds nothing but Goats and Sheep : and about two 

 leagues off runs a River along by the Mountain to the Weft. 



The iZth I departed by day-break, and travelPd eleven hours through a ffone- 

 Countrey, cover'd with bitter Almond and Turpentine-Trees. I Jodg'd in a fair 

 Inn, call'd Pair a, neer to a River that comes from the Weft, and makes the Coun- 

 trey fertil. There is fome Wood in the Valleys, and fome Villages appear on the 

 other fide of the River toward the South. 



The 19th I fet out by four of the Clock in the morning, and rravell'd along a 

 Valley, wherein were many Villages receiving the benefit of the River laft men?- 

 tion'd. About eight in the morning I ftopt at an Inn built in an OEtogonal form, a 

 good league from the River, with Several Villages between. The name of the 

 Inn is K offer. 



The 20th I fet out two hours after midnight, and travell'd til] ten in the morn- 

 ing through a dry Valley. By the way I met feveral Shepherds and Herdfmen, 

 who were forfaking the hot Countreys, and driving toward Schtras for cool- 

 nefs. 



They that travel upon their own Horfes, and would fee one of the richeft parts 

 of Perjia, and fome Antiquities, letting out from Kafir, inftead of following the 

 Carav.w-ro'ddjAe the right-hand way by the fide of the River, that runs a league 

 and a half from the fame Inn. When you have paft the River, the way is very 

 ftreighr, and lies for two leagues together through a fteep Rock, the Mountain up- 

 on the right, and the River upon the left, where there is not room in fome places 

 for two HoHes to ride a-breft. All along this way, toward the top Of the Moun- 

 tain, are little paths that lead to Caverns, fome of which are (6 large, that they 

 will contain two or three thoulund men. Having paft this way, you come into a 

 Plain calfd Dadtvan,t<our or five leagues in circuit j the greateit part of which 

 is planted with Orange-trees, Citrons, and Granats. Some of thefe Orange-trees 

 two men can hardly fathom, being as high as our Walnut-trees 5 and this is one of 

 the moft delicious fituations in all Pcrfia, I have travell'd through it feveral 

 times, and (bmetimes only to divertife my (elf. The reft of the Plain is fow'd 

 with Rice and Wheat. You fet up your Tents under thefe Trees, and then the 

 Countrey people bring Provifion of feveral forts, efpecially Partridges, Hares, and 

 wild Goats. The River that croffes the Plain is full of Carps, Barbels, Pikes, and 

 Crey-Fifh. I remember one time a Countrey-man carri'd me down to the water, 

 and before my face rook up a Fifh with his hand. He was fo nimble at it, that 

 having caught one which he did not think big enough, he threw it back again, and 

 took up another. Now in regard that Travellers generally itay about ten or 

 twelve days in that place, the Tumblers that live there-abouts, fail not to come 

 and give you a Vifit, to fhew ye fome of their tricks, and to taft your Schtras 

 Wine. The Englifo and Hollanders ulually fpend the end of the Summer in this 

 Plain, for the benefit of the River, and the Trees : which become fo large and 

 fair, by means of the River, which the Countrey-men bring in by Canals, and fhut 

 it up in Ponds, among the Trees, to water their Grounds ; which is all the good 

 this River does in Perjia : for all the reft of its courfe is through cragged Rocks, 

 and fait Marfhes. 



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