244 FROM THE PASSAGE OF MOUNT HiEMUS, 
CHAP, ground like the Suslic of the South of Russia, 
II. . 
t - -' . which it also resembles ; yet differing, in being" 
larger than the latter, and in having a broad tail 
like a squirrel. We made several attempts to 
get near enough to one of these animals, to give 
a more correct description; but upon our 
approach, they disappeared beneath the soil. 
We saw them afterwards in Hungary. The 
harrows used in this country have a remarkable 
form : they are not set with sharp straight 
pointed teeth, but resemble the sort of machine 
used in the South of England for denchering. 
Liixgarat. rp^Q hours bcfore we arrived at Lazgarat we 
saw, between the road and a small village, two 
immense tumuli, upon which large trees were 
growing: similar sepulchres appeared all around 
Lazgarat; perhaps the monuments of some 
great battle fought here ; either in the expe- 
dition of Darius, son o^ Hystaspes, who, marching 
against the Scythians, encountered the Geta^, 
(reputed Thracians,) before arriving at the 
Ister; or in that o^ Alexander, when he fell in 
with the Celts or Gauls ; or during the inroads 
made by the Roman armies. 
At Lazgarat we began to notice the German 
or Dacian stoves for heating apartments ; and 
the manners of the people rather denoted the 
