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also are called Tape. We may account for them by the battles between 
the Persians and Turks, who buried their dead under similar mounds. 
There are numbers all over the plain : the people of the country say, 
that borges or towers were built on these mounds; and our host at 
Gauzir-seng told us that a large tape called Mur ad-tape, or the Hill of 
Charity near the village, received its name from a man who had 
made it his residence. . His story (if it be worth telling) continued how¬ 
ever, that a stranger, who had asked charity in vain even on this 
hill, found at the door the master's horse, and rode off with it, ex¬ 
claiming, “ this is your charity." 
At Gauzir-seng , Ave were lodged in one of the toAvers that flank the 
walls of the village. It Avas open on all sides by windoAvs ; Ave could 
thus enjoy the Westerly breeze, Avhich allayed the great heat of the 
day. We Avere very well treated by the Ket Khoda of the village, who 
seemed to me a Avell-bred and Avell-meaning man. We had good moss, 
(curdled milk, the same as the yaourt, in Turkey) and a sort of drink 
made of moss and water, of Avhich the common people all drink very 
plentifully at this season. 
10th. We left Gauzir-seng at midnight, and came to Kish-lauk, 
bearing West of our last station, on a distance of about fifteen miles. 
The Prince of Aderbigian has a pleasure-house here, Avhich is extolled 
by Persians as a Avonder and a paradise. I could discover the extent 
of the grounds, and the house, Avhich is built on one of the artificial 
tapis or mounds. 
A most beautiful morning opened the day to us ; the tAvilight com¬ 
menced at four o'clock, and the sun rose at five. The mountains, still 
bearing East and West, declined in their height to the WestAvard, termi¬ 
nating towards the plain by small hills. After passing Kish-lauk Ave 
came on a common, on which large herds of cattle were feeding. To 
the left of the road were many villages spread all over a plain, the 
extent of which was concealed by a haze: the whole district is divided 
into many bolouks, and is under the jurisdiction of Casmn. The prin- 
