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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph from Faye Fisher 

 PERSIAN BOYS ON A HIKING EXPEDITION AMONG THF FLBURZ MOUNTAINS 



The Persians arc great lovers of nature and the Boy Scout movement has many enthusi- 

 astic adherents among the youthful subjects of the Shah, seven of their number having- made 

 tne aimcult ascent of Mount Demavend in the summer of 1014 (see text, page 395) 



