Chap. VI. of Moniïeur TaveRnïe r. 



Alley cover'd , which are only of Earth , the Men lying at one end , and theHorles 

 at another. 



The next day you travel over an uneven and defert Country, and in eight hour* 

 time you come to Aûtm , a little City fituated in a Marfh , where you pay a Toll 

 for Guarding the Highways. In this City is one of the faireft Inns in all 

 Perfia. 



Two hours after you leave Miana , you muft crofs a River , over a fair Bridge 

 which runs, to decay -, the Arches whereof are hollow within -, it is built of Brick 

 and Free-ftone , being near as long as Pom neuf in Park. This Bridge (lands almoft 

 at the foot of a Mountain call'd Kaplcnton. Sha-Abai caus'd all the way to be Pav'd, 

 becaufe the Land is lb fat and floughy, that when it thaws, or that the lead Rain 

 falls , it is impoffible for the Caravan to pafs. Befides , there are a fort of Camels 

 in Perfia , that when it comes to rain in a deep Soil , are not able to keep their 

 Legs: nay through the weight of the Burthens which they carry, their very Quarters 

 will rive from their Shoulders, and their Bellies will burft. So that before the 

 way was pav'd , they were fore'd to lpread Carpets in the mod flippery ways where 

 thofe Camels were to pafs : which muft be Hill done in fome places , where the Pave- 

 ment is worn away. 



At the lower part of the defcent toward Ijfahan , upon the knap of a Hill which 

 Hands by it felf, appears an old forfak'n Fortrefs : it is near the Highway, and a 

 River , which falls into the Cajpian Sea, after it has crofs 'd the Province of Cjuilan, 

 where it is cut into lèverai Channels. But generally the Corn and Fruits which 

 grow in Perfia by the help of Water fore'd into Channels, are of little efteem, 

 and much cheaper than thole that grow in the Provinces whole Fertility is not Arti- 

 ficial. Moreover, that fort of fore'd Grain will not keep above a Year-, and if 

 you keep it longer, it breeds a Vermin that eats it. 'Tis the fame thing if the Corn be 

 grovvnd j and more than that , there breeds a Worm in the Flowr , that makes it 

 lb bitter that tis impoflible to eat it. 



On this fide the Mountain Kaylenton , appear at a diftance two others very high, 

 one toward the North call'd Saveland , another toward the South call'd S eh and : 

 there is a third, which cannot be feen in Ifpahan-Rozà , being too far out of the 

 way, near the City of Hamadan. Thefe three Mountains are full of Springs , from 

 whence moft of the Streams do fall that water Perfia : And the Per fans do fay, 

 that formerly there were many more of thefe Springs, but that about a hundred 

 Years ago feveral of them have been dry'd up , or otherwife no body can tell what 

 is become of them. 



There are feveral Villages near the Mountain that pay nothing to the King , but 

 are oblig'd to fend him a certain quantity of Rice and Butter,for the ule of the Mofquce 

 at Ardeuil. They have alfo one great Priviledge , That if a Man commits a Mur- 

 ther, and flyes to any of thefe Villages , he cannot be apprehended, nor can the 

 King himfelf punifh him. 



Leaving the River that runs at the foot of the Mountain Kapknton , you come to 

 a fair Inn call'd Tjhatmlava , built fome years ago : and for thirteen hours after, 

 travelling over a very barren Country, you meet with another Inn , which is call'd 

 Sartcbam, Handing in a very defert place: which makes the Raders, that lye there 

 to fecure the Highways , very iniblent , finding themfelves fo far from any. Towns 

 or Villages. 



From Sartcham you come to a River, by the Banks whereof you travel a good 

 while , till you come to an Inn which is call'd Digbé , near a large Village. The 

 Structure is very handlbm , the lower part being of Free-ftoné undulated with red 

 and white , and very hard. 



The next day you travel a veiy uneven Country, till you fall into a deep Valley, 

 at the end whereof you meet with Zangan , a great Town and ill built. How- 

 ever, it has a very fair Inn, which when I went laft to JJpahan was fo full , that 

 I had like to have lain abroad in the Rain , but for the Courtefie of two Artnemans. 

 From Zangan you go to an Inn , where you muft pay the Duties due to the Kan 

 of Stthanie. 



Sdtanie is a very large City | which you leave half a Mile from the Road , near 

 to a Mountain. Formerly it had in it very beautiful Mofquees , as may be eaGly 

 conje&ur'd by the Ruines that remain. Many Chriftian Churches alfo were con-; 



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