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ALONG THE HIGHWAY FROM EXZALI TO RESHT 



"Xear fragrant orange groves, past lily-padded, lagoons, and through flower-carpeted 

 jungles alive with an endless variety of semi-tropical song-birds and water-fowl, the traveler 

 proceeds from Enzali to Resht" (see text, page 365). The journey is usually made in a 

 Persianized Russian droskv. 



A PERSIAN PEASANTS HOME NEAR RESHT 



Water is the chief concern of the Persian peasant. Wherever lie can divert the flow of 

 a mountain stream a small portion of the desert becomes a paradise and he prospers (see 

 text, page 356). 



