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eight hunder'd paces from the Mountain. In this Garden are to be feen the re- 

 mains of a Palace of one of the ancient Kings of Perfayet what is ftill to be feen, 

 does not declare it to have been very magnificent. The King was call'd Padjha 

 A qutejheijhe Scald-fated Kingly thing not to be wonder'd at, in regard there are 

 few Perfians but l'uch as either have, or have had fcald heads. 



Two leagues from Schiras, to the South- weft, at the foot of the great Moun- 

 tain, ftands a Hermitage, call'd Pir-Bouno, where three or four Dsrvis live, as be- 

 ing a pleafant place ; for the Dsrvis always choofe out the moft delightful places 

 to pitch their Tents in : where they fit fmoaking their Pipes with that gravity, 

 that if the King himfelf fhould come by, they would not ftir to give him re- 

 verence. That which adds to the pleafure of that Hermitage, is a fair Spring of 

 water that refrelhes the Garden, and the number of fair Trees that are about 

 it. 



T About a quarter of a league from the City, toward the Weft, is to be feen a 

 Church-yard encompaft with Walls ; in the middle whereof, looking toward 

 Mecca, ftands a Monument very much frequented by the Dervis^nd other devout 

 people, who fay their Prayers there, it being the Sepulcher of Hougia Hafiz,, for 

 whom they have a very great veneration. The year of his deceafè is fet down 

 upon his Tomb; being in the year 1 3 8 1 jj and he purchas'd that great efteem 

 among the Perfians, for having compos'd a great Book of Morality, and for that 

 he was alfo one of the beftPoets of his time.He has left one great Poem behind him 

 in the praife of good Wine ; which has causM many to aver, that Hovgia-Hafiz, 

 was no good Mufful-man, in regard he has fo highly prais'd a thing which is fo 

 ftri&ly forbidd'n by the Law of Mahomet. 



Neer to the Church- yard is a fair Garden, which men go to fee for the beauty 

 of the Cyprefs-trees, which are its chief ornament. They are to be admir'd for 

 their height and bignefs, among which there is one that was planted by the hand 

 of Sha- Abbas the Great himfelf, in the year 1607 j and it may well deferve to 

 have been planted by the hand of a Monarch ; for it was bigger then the reft that 

 had been planted above a hunder'd years before. 



Without the City, upon the North-fide, at the foot of the Mountain, is a Gar- 

 den belonging to the ancient Kings of Perjia, call'd Bag-Firdotts. It is full of 

 Fruit-trees, and Rofe-trees in abundance. At the end of the Garden, upon the 

 defcent of a Hill, ftands a great piece of Building, and below a large Pond af- 

 fords it wateçjThe rich Inhabitants of Schiras have been formerly very curious 

 to have fair Gardens, and have been at great expences to that purpofe. But nei- 

 ther at Schiras, nor at Ifpahan, is there any thing that may compare with thole 

 lovely Paradiles of France and Italy. 



There are many Inns in Schiras, but the Franks generally lodg at the Convent 

 of theCarmelit e Friars:and they that would be more private,Iodg at another Houle 

 that belongs alfo to the lame Friars, which they would fain fell, as being a charge 

 to 'em at this time. 



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