24.6 The P e rsian Travels Book V. 



The zjtfr I travell'd from four in the morning till ten in the forenoon, through 

 a plain fbw'd with ftore of grain, and lodg'd in an Inn call'd Makjon be- 



ffui. 



The zSth I departed two hours after midnight , and after eight hours travel 

 l ÈÊ L tnrou g n ' a barren plain , [i arriv'd at Tejdecasj a little City built upon a rock in the 

 t/U^J" midft of a great Valley, and lodg'd in an Inn at the foot of the Rock. J The fame 

 day in the morning I pafs'd on to a neat houfe with fine Gardens, call'd Amnebad-, 

 built by Iman-K onli-ICan 3 Govex:x\QV oïSchiras. 



The firft of March I departed an hour after midnight, and a little after I crofs'd 

 a fhort mountain, but fo rugged and fo craggie, that they have given it the name 

 of Kotel-Innel-tebekeni, that is, the Mountain that breaks the Horfes Jhoes. The 

 next~7nîy~we~paiVd by a fcurvy Caftle call'd Gombe£alaj then travelling through a 

 flat Country, I came by ten in the morning to ^7jngherdofi 3 or the Village of 

 Wall-nuts. I endur'd very (harp weather all the morning, Tor all that Country, 

 and that which I travell'd the next day, is very cold at fome times of the 

 year. 



The fécond day I travell'd from midnight till ten a clock in the morning,through 

 the Snow over a barren Plain to come to Cnz.kfiz.ar, where there is ajnjejv Inn well 

 built. 



The third I was a horfeback from five in the morning till noon , firft over the 

 fame Plain by a^Lake fide in a very bad way cover'd with fnow that hid the holesj 

 then palling a tedious long and rugged mountain, I defcended to a Village call'd 

 ■4fêp&lj where there is to be feen an old ruin'd Caftle upon the point of a Hill.The 

 Inhabitants were all Georgians by defcent, but now turn'd all Mahometans. I met 

 with wine and fifb, in regard of the many Rivolets, but the Caravanfira is old, and 

 ill provided. 



The fourth, fetting out by day-break, I rode over a Plain, which Ska Abbas the 

 firft gave the Georgians to till, and in eleven hours I came to Ondgiom 3 a large Vil- 

 lage upon a River, over which there is a fair ftone bridge. 



The fifth, I got a horfeback by two a clock in the morning,and had two leagues 

 in the firft place of deep miery way ; afterwards I pafs'd a fteep Mountain, craggy 

 and durty. I pafs'd through a Village call'd Iman Shade, from the name of one of 

 their Prophets that lyes buried there, and gave THeMountain its name , being 

 all cover'd with bitter Almond-trees. I travell'd fometime between rude and 

 craggy rocks , after which I met with a fmall River, which runs to Mojwjl little 

 City where I lodg'd in a fair Inn. 



The fixth, I departed three hours after midnight, and travell'd through a large 

 Plain encompafs'd with high and rugged Mountains - 3 upon one of which that is 

 divided from the other, ftood a Caftle which they fay was ruin'd by Alexander the 

 Great, of which at prefent there does not remain the leaft fign or footftep. I 

 crofs'd the river of Mayne over two ftone Bridges, and then came to Abgher me j 

 a place that ftands in a Plain where there is anJton half built ; fo call'd by reafon of 

 a Spring of hot waters that rifes not far from it. In the morning I pafs'd over a 

 fair and long Caufey, call'd Pouligor 3 being above foo paces long, and broad, 

 divided alfo by certain Bridges, to give the water free paffage, by reafon the 

 Country is very full of merfhes. At the end of this Caufey ftands an Inn very well 

 built, but the gnats that haunt it will not fulfer it to be frequented. I pafs'd along 

 by the foot of a Mountain, and after three hours travel, I ftopp'd a while at an 

 Inn that ftands at the foot of another fteep and craggie mountain. 



I arriv'd dxSchiras about fix a clock at night. But here give me leave, before I 

 enter the City, to make two obfervations, the one touching the Road from Ifpa- 

 han to Schiras 3 zhe other concerning the ruins of Tche-elminar. 



As to the Road from Ifpahan to Schiras, obferve that in winter time when the 

 Snow is fallen, when you come to Tefdecas 3 you muft of neceflity leave the direcl: 

 road, becaufe it is impoffible to pafs the itreights of thofe Mountains,which I have 

 mention'd. Therefore yoa muft keep the left .hand road eaftward, through the 

 PlainSjtaking a guide along with you. 



This way, which is the longer by two days journey, was formerly unknown, 

 becaufe of a River, that in one place beats upon a fteep rock, and clofes up the 

 paffage. But Iman-Kouli-K an with a vaft expence of time and money , caus'd a 



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