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Bridge, when the River overflows, which foiiwtiiiies liappens, though in 
the Summer-time it be fo low, that there is hardly any Water in it fo that 
they have been forced to_ ufe art in paving the bortom in that place very 
■ fmooth, that fo it may fill its Channel by fpreading its Waters equally^. 
This Bridge then bath five paflages, one in the middle, and four in the two 
fides; to wit the two covered Galleries, and the two Plat-forms over them 
which are above twelve foot broad, with Rails both towards the Brid^^eand 
River. Nay there is a iixth paflage when the water is low, which durinc^ 
the great heats of Summer is very delightful! for its coolnefs ; and that is a 
little vaulted Gallery, which erodes all the Arches from one end of the 
Bridge to the other ; it is low underneath and reacheth to tlie bottom of the 
River ; but there are Stones fo laid that one may ftep over without wetting 
the foot ; they go down into it from the Bridge by fteps mads in the thick- 
nefs of the Walls. 
There are alfb two other Bridges upon that River to the right hand ; and 
all the three are at above half a miles diftance from one another. The fîrlï 
^ above this is very plain ; but the other which they call the Bridge of Schiras 
for one thing exceeds the firft in beauty, and that is a Hexagone place which 
it hath in the middle, where the Water of the River hath a lovely fall. 
Let us now conflder Htz^r Dgerw^ which ends the fair Street of Tckhar- 
bag : The name of it imports a thoufand Dgenl;, and Dgeni; is a certain land 
meafiire which the Ferjians have, as we have the pearch, the fathom and 
othôr m.eafùres. 
Before this houfe there is a large fquare Court, at the end whereof iîands 
the Building, which confifts of a Di van, onely one ftory high, with Chambers 
at its four corners, and it hath the fame front towards the Garden, which 
in reality, is very pretty. 
Jf J/rif ^^'^ G2iï<lQn of Hezar-genh hath fix ftories of TerrafTes, the Earth of 
gA-ik which is fupported by ftone- Walls, and thefe ftories are raifed about a fa- 
thom in height one above another. There are a great many Alleys or Wali\S 
in that Garden both in length and breadth, which reach all from the one 
end to the other, and are very ftreight and even, fave that in thofè which 
reach in length, at every ftory, one muft afcend (even or eight fteps. The 
chief Walk or Alley, that begins at the building is very broad, but that 
which renders it altogether charming, is a ftone-Canal iri the middle of it, 
of the lame breadth as that of the Street Tcbeharbag, which anfwers in a 
ftreight line to this, and hath no Water but what it receives from it : The 
Canal of this Walk is far more beautiful! than that of the Street, and affords 
a lovely profpedjin regard that at every two fathoms diltance there are Pipes 
which fpurt up Water very high, and that at each ftory there is a fteet of 
Water, that falls into a Bafon underneath, from whence it runs into the 
Canal : On each fide of thefe fheets of water, there is a pair of Stairs and a 
way that leads ftreight up, I leave it to the Readers imagination, to con- 
ceive the pleafantnefs of that profped, and the beauty of thefe Catcades. 
which are the firft objedt that offers, and lurprifes the fight of thofe that en- 
ter into this Garden. Walking then along the great Alley, after you have 
advanced a little, you crofs over a Canal a fathom broad, which cuts 
it as it does all the other Walks that are parallel thereunto, but withouc 
breaking them, for it runs under little brick- Arches. 
Mounting up to the fourth ftory, you'll find a large place where there is 
a Bafon of eight fides, above twenty fathom in diameter, and three foot deep 
of water; it hath Water-pipes that play all round it, beiides one in the mid- 
dle. On each fide of this place you have a large covered Divan, built of 
Brick, but open on all hands, with a bafon of water in the middle. Thefè 
are really charming places, efpecially for enjoying the cool, wherein the Le- 
vantines place their greateft delight. Having afcended three ftories more, 
you come to a pretty high Building which bounds the Walk, and on both 
fides of it there is a wall that feparates this part of the Garden tro.m the other 
beyond it; to the front of this Building, there is a bafon of water. Then you 
'enter into a Hall made crofs-ways, open on the four fides, at each Corner 
whereof you'll find little rooms; Over that there is another ilory which is 
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