ï 4.8 Trayels into the e v a n t. Part IL 
River, which in appearance beat it down alfo, though it (lood upon a pretty high 
Bank, the Chanel of the River being very deep at that place. A quarter of an 
hour after, we foarded over that River, and began to afcend in a way that was 
pretty good, except in fome pafles. Aboi4^!falf an hour after five wecroffeda 
little Ganàl. About fix a Clock we were got into a Plain all full of Heath, as the 
Hills about were i and had very good way. Half an hour after nine, we came to 
The River of lovely running ftreams, that come from a River called Prejkiaft which waters the 
rm^iaft. Country thereabout. About ten of the Clock we met with two ways, the one pretty 
narrow on a very fteep Hill, which has the fame River running by the foot of it, 
that is very deep there, and if the Mules made a falfe ftep in this way, (which is 
high above the River,) they would not fail to fall into it, and be in danger either 
of breaking their Necks or drowning. The other way is on the other fide of the 
River, which may be crofled in fevcral places, where the water is (hallow i this 
was the way I toçk, becaufeit pleafed my Mule fo to do, to whom I freely gave 
the Reins, being perfuaded that it was better acquainted with the Road than [ 
was", one of our Company who followed. the other way, had almoft tumbled into 
the River, Mule and all together : perhaps the way that I took is covered with water 
in Winter, and fo there is a neceffity of going the Hill way. About half an hour 
after ten we came to a wretched Kervanferay, which is no more but fome forry 
Vaults, all black with Soot and full of Horfeand Pullets dungi however, we had 
ftielter there. There are lome Rahdars th^it live in that place, to whom we gave 
a few CafbegbiS) The R iver of Presh^aft runs in a bottom at the back of this Ker- 
vanferay, where there are four Arches remaining of a Bridge that has been in that 
place, which are mightily decayed ; the water runs not under thefe Arches, but 
at the fide of them, where the ruins of the rell; of the Bridge may flill be feen, 
which feems to have been of eight Arches. The River is not very deep at that 
place i but very broad, and one may fee that in Winter it fwells very high, and 
Uidgi-zmn. overflows a great part of the Country about, This Kervanferay is named Hadgi- 
Ze«o«, and is eight Parafangcs or Agatfch from Schiras. 
We parted from Badgi Ztnon^ luefday the nine and twerrtieth of September^ at 
two a Clock in the Morning, and continued our way Wefivpard. We had not 
gone an hundred paces when we paft over a new Bridge of four Arches, under 
which runs the River Presk^t : afterwards we found a great many lovely waters 
that fall down firom the Hill, and I believe that in the Winter-time they overflow all 
the Land thereabouts which is very barren and flony, bearing nothing but Heath, 
wild Chefs Nuts, and fuch like Trees. Half an hour afccr three, we came to a Hill 
Ejtou-Àsbî. called Eftou Ashi i and having a good way to go up, an hour after, we came to 
the top of it, where there is a Lodge for Rahdars-, whom we fatisfied with a Pre- 
fent of a few Cosbeghis : then we had a little down Hill, till about fix a Clock we 
came into a large Plain, full of water in the middle, that makes a Mari(h, which 
made us fetch a compafs about for the (pace of two hours and above, to gain a 
Mount Andgt- very high Mountain (called Andgira^) covered with Turpentine and other wild 
Trees i about a quarter after eight we were got there, and having pafled by a 
ChadgtéL Kervanferay^ (called Cbadgeghi,) at the foot of it, we mounted up a very ftony 
way for the fpace of a long hour ; and then went down on the other fide, till about 
eleven a Clock, when (finding good water,) we refted at half way down the Hill, 
under a Tree i there being no Lodging, but a kind of Cottage, where commonly 
lives a man that fell Viduals, and who was not there at that time : it is fix 
Parafanges from Hadgi-Zemn to this Menzil^ for fo they call a Lodging place ia 
thofe Quarters. 
We parted from thence on IFednefday the laft of September, about two of the 
Clock in the Morning, and having kept going down Hill ftill about an hours time » 
we then Travelled on two hours JVtfttvard 'm a great Plain i where there are a great 
many Oaks, and other wild Trees, which made the way, (that was of it felf good,) 
very pleafant; Half an hour after five we came to a Lodge of Rahdars, which is 
ipim. at the end of the Plain, and is called Vefiberm : commonly they make it a Menzil 
or days Journy from Cbadgegih to Vejiberm, becaufe of the trouble of climbing over 
the Mountain, which extreamly tires the Mules. There being no water in that 
place, but what is taken out of a beaftly open Ciftern, we gave the Rahdars fome 
Casbeghis, and fo went on. A quarter of an hour after, we found a Sepulchre, in 
form of a fquare Chappel, covered with a Vomey and pretty neat it two Gifterns. 
