Chap. V. of Monfieuf Tavernier. 



had been two Leagues in Circuit. There were abundance of Towers all of burnt 

 Brick, and Pieces of the Wall (landing. There were alio ieveral Letters in the 

 Stones which were cemented into the Walls ; but neither T urks , Per fans , nor Ara- 

 bians could underftand them. The City is round ieated upon a high Hill , at the top 

 whereof flood the Ruines of a Caftle , which the Natives lay was the Refidence of the 

 Kings of Perfa. 



CHAP. V. 



The (Road from Aleppo to Iipahan through the fmall Defert , and 

 through Kengavar, 



I m defcribe this Road as if I were to return from Ifpahan to Aleppo. This 

 Road lies through Kengavar, Hagd it , and Anna , where you enter into the 

 Defert , which I call The little Defert , becaufe you get over it in far lels time 

 than the great Defert that extends Southwards to Arabia the Happy, and where 

 you may often find Water , all the whole Journey being not far diftant from the River 

 Euphrates. A man that is well mounted may ride this way from Ifpahan to Aleppo in 

 three and thirty days , as I have done, and perhaps in lei's , if the Arabian, whom 

 you take for your guide at 'Bagdat , know T s the fhorteft cut through the Wilder- 

 nefs. 



The Horfe Caravans travelling -from Ifpahan to Kengavar are fourteen or fifteen 

 days upon the Road ; but being well mounted ten or twelve in a Company , you may 

 Ride it in five or fix days. The Country through which you travej , is very 

 fertile in Corn and Rice, it produces alfo excellent Fruits and good Wine , efpeci- 

 ally about Kengavar, which is a large Town and well peopl'd. 



From Kengavar to Bagdat I was ten days upon the Road. The Country is not fo 

 fertile but very ftony in fome parts. And it confifts in Plains and fmall Hills , there 

 being not a Mountain in all the Road. * 



Now for a man that travels quick , the Road lies thus : 



From Ifpahan to Confar. 



From Confar to Comba. 



From Comba to Oranguié. 



From Oranguié to Nahoiiand. 

 ; From Nahouand to Kengavar, 



Fron Kengavar to Sahana. 



From Sahana to Polira , or the Bridge-Royal , being a great Stone Bridge* 

 From Polifia to Maidacht. 



From Maidacht to Eronnabad. ' , . 



From Eronnabad to Conaguy. , ■ 



From Conaguy to Cafifciren. , 



From Cajlifciren to Iengui-Conaguy s 



From lengui-Conaguy to Cafered. 



From Cafered to Charaban. 



From Charaban to BourouS. 



From Bourous to Bagdat. 



There are fome , who inftead of paffing through Kengavar , take Amadan ? 

 one of the mod confiderable Cities of Perfia in their way , and fo from thence to 

 T mchre; but the way is longer -, and according to the Road which I have fet down , 

 youi are to leave Amadan to the North upon the right hand. 



Between Sahana anàPotijha you leave the only high Mountain* in all the Road 

 to the North. It is as fteep and as ftraight as a Wall , and as high as you can fee, 

 you may obierve the Figures of men clad like Priefts, with Surplices and Cenforsin 

 their hands, and yet neither can the Natives tell you, nor any perfon imagin the 

 meaning of thofe Sculptures. At the foot of the Rock runs a River , over which 

 there is a Bridge- of Stone. 



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