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great earthen VeflTels bak'd in an Oven , either glaz'd , or elfe fmear'd over with the 

 fat of a Sheeps rump, ftop'd up with wood'n Covers, cover'd over again with a great 

 piece of red Calicut, that lyes over all the lids of the Pots. 



The King and his Lords have other forts of Cellars for magnificence, where they 

 treat fuch as they invite. Thefe are four fquare Rooms not above three or four fteps 

 deep , with a Well in the middle , the floor being fpread with Turkje Carpets. 

 Now at the four corners of the Well ftand four great Bottles containing twenty 

 Pints a piece, the one of White, the other of Claret. Between the great Bottles 

 Hands a row of leffer Bottles fill'd , a Bottle of White, and a Bottle of Red. In 

 the Cellar-Wall are lèverai niches one above another, and in every nich a Bottle, 

 ftill.vary'd Gules and Argent; a verypleafant fight to good Companions in a Room, 

 which is as light as day. 



As for Herbs and Roots they have very good in Per fa, but above all, mofl 

 excellent Roman Lettuce. But there is no fort of Pulle , nor can they find a way to 

 make Peafe grow among them. The Carmelites carry'd Alparagus , Artichoaks , a °d 

 Succory, which were never feen there before, but now begin to thrive very 

 well. 



As for Turquoifes and Pearls I fhall fpeak thereof in my difcourfe of Jewels i to- 

 ward the end of my Indian Travels. 



CHAP. III. 



1 



Of the 'Beafts of SerVice } of the Fifo and Fowl of Perfia. 



■ '^[He Beafts forfervice in Perf a, areHorfes, Mules, AlTes, and Camels. 

 The Horfesof Per fa are but of an ordinary ftature , lefs than ours, 

 very narrow before , but very fwift and light. They carry their heads 



JÊL very ill in running, by reafon of the cuftom to which the Per pans ufe 

 them. For they have got a trick of managing their Horfes, yet never getting upon 

 their backs ; they teach them to Amble by tying their feet with two Cords of an 

 equal length , to the middle whereof are faften'd two other Cords that are faften'd 

 to the Saddle , which two Cords keep their feet fo , that they cannot ftir but at fuch 

 a diftance \ and fo they deal with their Mules upon which the old men generally 

 covet to ride. The Horfes of Per fa are very docible , and eafily brought up. They 

 give them nothing elle from one Evening to another but a Sack full of chopt Straw, 

 with a meafure of Barley which they mingle together with the Straw, to the end 

 they may eat both together. When the Barley is newly ear'd , they give it them 

 for fourteen or twenty days together to purge their bodies , as we for the fame end 

 put our Horfes to Grafs in the Spring. The Per fan Horfes hold out very well 'till 

 eighteen or twenty years of age -, but they never cut their Stone-Horfes in that Coun- 

 try. In the Winter , they never take off their Shooes , but only Froft-nail them. 

 Their Furniture is very light and handfomly made. And this is further obferv'd , 

 that whereas we keep Goats in our Stables and Inns , the Per fans keep Hogs. 



There are two fort of Affes in Per fa. Thofe that are bred in the Country only 

 ferve to carry burthens '■, but there are a fort of Arabian Affes that are fwift and very 

 handfom , excelling in price the common fort of Horfes. The Merchants of Ijpaban 

 keep thefe Affes in their Country Houfes, taking it for a great piece of Grandeur 

 to Ride every Morning to their Shops. 



Some parts of Per fa are perplex'd alfo with wild Beafts , as Lyons , Bears , and 

 Leopards,but there are but very few ; nor have we heard that ever they did any great 

 mifchief. Porcupines they have alfo -, and I my felf faw brought before the 

 King two men , the one of which was Shot through the Thigh , and through 

 the Leg with a Porcupine's Quill. The fécond was kill'd, the Porcupine having 

 darted his Quill a little above his right Pap through his Breft. As for their Fifh „ 

 there are an abundance of Carps, Trouts, and Pikes in the River Arai; but in 

 all the other Rivers of Perfa there is but one fort of Fifh , which is a kind of 



T Barbill , 



