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Photograph by John B. Jackson 



THE LAGOON OF ENZALI, PERSIANS CHlEE SEAPORT ON THE CASPIAN SEA 



The first glimpse which the Western traveler gets of Persia on approaching Enzali from 

 Baku is an impressionistic one — thatched or red-tiled roofs of the low-lying town, a wealth 

 of wide-branching trees, and in the distance the dusky, cloud-mantled mountain range which 

 bars entrance to the desert hinterland, the real Persia. 







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Photograph by E. K. De Witt 



NATIVE CKAET IN A PERSIAN TIARPOR 



This is Piri Bazaar, at the upper end of the lagoon leading inland from the Persian 

 port of Enzali, on the Caspian Sea. Here shipments bound for the interior receive their 

 final transfer to caravan, cart, or motor lorry. 



