■^4 T/frg P e p. s i a n Travels Bo ok V, 



in that place, though never fo bad. The water thus (landing in the Citterns fbme- 

 times for many years together, breads worms, fo that whither you itrain ir, or 

 boil it, there will appear a kind of foulness in ir, which is the feed of" thefe worms. 

 And this corruption it is that breeds worms in the legs and feet of men } which 

 puts me in mir.d , that after my return to Paris, the tifth time of in y 

 travelling, I had one came out of my left foot an lill an a half long, and another 

 from under the ankle of my right foot half an Ell long. 



The firft of April I fet out from Lor by five in the morning, and travell'd till 

 three in the afternoon, through a barren irony Country, except it were only one 

 Village call'd Tcherk^h j near to .which I met with feme Corn-land, and ievcral 

 Palm-trees. Ilodg'd at a little Inn call'd Shiw^aigbi. It is low, built like d 

 Crofs, with four doors to receive the cool winds every way. All the Inns are 

 built in this fafhion between this and Bander, and near to one another for the eafc 

 of Travellers. i\s for the Beafts, they lye wirhour, for they have no Stables. A'l 

 the^Houfes'from Lsr to Ormtts are built after one manner. For there is a kind 

 of a Pipe, like a Chimney, that runs from rhe bottom to the top to gather wind. 



The fecond I left Shamwngki about four in the afternoon, becaufe the heat is 

 cool'd by a gentle breeze toward the evening. Three hours I travell'd thrOuch a 

 barren Plain, afterwards over molt fearful Rocks, and about ten at night I came 

 to CormoHt, a great Village well fror'd with Palm-trees. 



From Lar to Cormout> is the worit way in all Vcvfi.i. For many times there is 

 do water to be found. 



The third,I parted from Curmout a little after midnight ; and having travell'd fe- 

 ven hours in very bad way, full of great ltones and rihhy puddles, I came to a 

 new Inn call'd Tenquidalen. In the middle of it is a little vafe of running water, 

 fed by a little ftream that falls from the Mountain. But the water being fome-- 

 thing brackifh, they have fince that built a very fair Cilrern. They alio bro.-.ch'd 

 the Mountain to bring the water into a Plain, which was barren before, bi.t is 

 now fruitful, and beautirVd with two good Villages. This was done by a rich 

 Merchant, whofe Children enjoy the Revenues of both. 



The fourth,I fet forward an hour after midnight, and travell'd through an un- 

 inhabited Countrey, full of wide Torrents when the rain falls. There are but 

 two fmall Inns upon the Road, and about eight in the morning I arriv'd at that 

 which they call Gourba-Sargbant. It was built with the Money which a Merchant 

 of Ormus left for that purpofe 3 whofe itrength faiPd hiju in that very place, for 

 want of a retting place. This Inn is not far from a Village that Hands upon the 

 Mountain to the North. 



The fifth, fetting out a little after midnight, I travell'd till feyen in the morning 

 through a dry and defert Countrey, yet itord with Lentisk-trees, and lay at a good 

 Village call'd Cauvrefian," where the people were mowing large Fields of Barly. 

 Here, if the Inn be full, you may lye at the Countrey-mcns Houfes, who are ac- 

 cuftom'd to entertain Travellers, and get well by it. This place is famous for 

 water- Melons, as big as our Pumpkins ; and are the belt in all Perfi* The meat 

 is verv red, and as fweet as Sugar, which is a great refrefhment to Travellers. 

 The Keionter of the place gave me two Raddiflies, one weighing 30, the other 4c 

 pounds, and were very good meat. 



The 6.7.7 1 fet out after midnight, and travell'd till it was day through plains of 

 . Sand, over which it is impoffible to find the way without a guide. About three 

 a Clock in the morning I crofs'd over two Bridges joyn'd together by a long 

 'Jaufey. Before I came to the firft^ I rode over another for a good quarter 

 of a league, which Caufey runs on a great way to the fecond Bridg, under 

 which flows a fait River; the fhoar of which is' full of moving fandsj fo 

 that before thofe Bridges were made, it was dangerous to foard is without a 

 .uiide. 



This Caufey and the two Bridges were made and built by a Perfian, whofe name 

 was Aly ; who wanting employment at home, apply'd himfelf to rhe King of 

 Uolcvida, who lik'd him fo well, that he made him General of his Army, ileing 

 thus advane'd, he alfo turn'd Merchant, and trading firft with one Veffel, then with 

 two, got a great Eirate. At length, all that he had thus got in forty years, to 

 get himfelf a name in PerJJa, he cmploy'd in making this Caufey and the two 

 Bridges. Thcfc 



