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confiderable place : in this Village there is plenty of Palms and Tannaiisk-Trees, 
and a great many Cifternsi it is tw& Agatfih diilant from Vehidomhe. 
We left it next day, being Ihurfday^ at one a Clock in the Morning, and Tra- 
velled in ftony way until half an hour after two, that we came into a fair fmooth 
way, where having Travelled on till five, we arrived at an ugly little Kervanferay, 
called Vehra, where there are fome Khadars i we paid nothing there, becaufe of 
an order which Monfieur I'avernier had , to pay nothing in Perfia. Without 
flopping at that place, we continued our Journey, but by very ftony way : 
about fix of the Clock we were got amongft the Hills, where having gone up Hill 
and down Hill, until eight a Clock, we came into a Plain, which laded till near 
Bihri. nine, that we arrived at a great Village called Bi/;ri, where many Palms and Tama- 
risk-Trees grow : there are feveral Ciflerns there, but the water of them is full of 
Worms, and therefore one muft be careful to flrain it through a Cloath, We 
Lodged in a fair new built Kervanferay in that Village, this is one of the lovlieft 
The fair ¥jr- Kervanferays in all Perfia, not only for the folidity of the Fabrick, being built of 
vandrayoi Ai- rough Stone and hard Flint, but alfo for its neat Portal, large fquare Court, many 
va-^ an, fpjcious Rooms, with feveral conveniences for fecuring Goods and fair TerralTes, 
to which they go up by great and broad Stair-Cafes. In fine, every thing in it is 
magnificent, very neat and commodious, even to the Houfes of Office, which are 
in each corner of the Kervanferay i and on one fide there is a lovely Garden full of 
Tulips, Rofes, and abundance of other Flowers of all kinds: itis wdl Planted 
al(o with Fruit-Trecs and Vines, and all kept in very good order, the Walks very 
neat, and covered with Artificial Arbours all round : before this Garden there is a 
fair watering place for Horfes, which is always kept full of water from a Well hard 
by : this Kervanferay was built by the Chan of Lar, (called Aivaz Chan.) and is. fix 
Jgaifch from Beaaru. 
Friday the feven and twentieth of Marché after four a Clock in the Morning, we 
parted from this place, and Travelled SoHthxvard in a pretty good way, though 
ilony in fome places : about day we found a Ciftern with a fteep Roof j and about 
half an hour after fix, we faw upon the R.oàd a limit of ftone, about a Fathom 
high, built upon a Paving of Free-fione that ferves it for a Bafis i we were told that 
A man Sliut a man was fhut up in it, according to the cuftom of the Country in times paft, 
up in a ftone. when they ufcd that particular punifhment for Robbers on the High- way s i others 
faid that it was only a mark in the way which divides at that place i about feven 
Bc-hi Kpurd. a Clock we pafled by a Village called De-hi Kourd^ where there is a Kervanferay. 
in that place are many Tamarisks, fome Palm-Trees, and feveral Ci/ierns. We 
left that Village on our Left Hand, and continuing our way over an even Plain 
Tai chottl'i. betwixt Corn- fields \ about nine a Clock we came to a Kervanferay called Pai Chotali, 
that is to fay the foot of the Hill, becaufe it is near the Hills. The fame night Ï 
Bkzlng-Scar. faw a Blazing Star, like to that which I had {een at Ifpaban ", it was near the 
Dolphin, and its T ail reached from Eaji to J^efi: I faw it again all the nights fol- 
lowing fo long as our Journey lafted. It rofe always much about the fame place of 
the Horizon, and about the fame hour, or a quarter in cr over. On one fide of this 
Kervanferay there is a Ciftern, and a Well on the other, both covered with a Dome i 
the Well is exceeding deep,and it is a confiderable time before the biggell ftone that 
maybe thrown into it reaches the bottom : the wafer is drawn wi;h a great Wheel, 
and poured into a fquare Bafon near to it, from whence i( paffes through a hole into 
another that is contiguous, and afterwards fills a large and long Trough for water- 
ing of the Horfes. There are many other Cifterns alfo here and there in the Fields. 
Dthi-Kfiuh. Two Musket-ftiot from the Kervanferay there is a Village called Vehi Kouh, that is 
to fay Hill Town, becaufe it ftands on a Hill. This Kervanferay is four Agatfch from 
Bihri^ we fiaied there the reft of that day, awd all the following, to comply with 
the humour of the Muletors , it Thundered much in the night-time, and we 
had Rain the whole next day » we ftaied fometime thinking it might blow over, 
butitftill lafted. 
We parted not then till Sunday the nine and twentieth of March at Noon, con- 
tinuing our way Southroards : having fet forward half a quarter of an hour, we 
afcended the Hill, which is neither very high, nor very bad i when we were got 
down on the other fide, we croffed feveral Torrents i about two a Clock we found 
Hhormnt. ^ little Kervanferay ftanding alone with a Ciftern by it i it is called Hhormont Kervan- 
feray^ from the name of the neighbouring Village, fo called becaufe of the many 
Palm- 
