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TEHERAN TO TABRIZ. 
compass would not traverse. We stopped at a village called CourvS, 
to feed our horses on the new barley which was in some places breast- 
high. A peasant told us that two neighbouring villages to the Eastward 
were called Ziabet and Rarsin; they are situated on the banks of a 
small stream, which meanders through the plain from W. to E. There 
are many other villages, the names of which I did not learn, all sur¬ 
rounded by cultivation, and forming green and picturesque objects. 
The whole country, indeed, was one carpet of verdure; and on the 
breaking of the morning the freshness of the odour was beyond any 
thing grateful. We had several severe showers; the storm gathering 
over the Western hills, and falling down in great torrents. This rain, so 
providential for the poor Rayats, seemed to spread universal joy 
amongst them. 
13th. We proceeded this morning just as the sun rose, and were 
four hours on the road, to Sihin CaUli , on a bearing of N. 45 W. and 
a distance called four fwsungs, and by my calculation about fourteen 
miles. At about three miles on the left of the road, amid very 
picturesque scenery, is the small village of Sherafabad. From this at 
the distance of a mile, (in a situation equally picturesque, and sur¬ 
rounded for a considerable distance by trees and cultivation) is the 
large place of Abhar. About three miles further on, still on the 
same side of the road, lies Khorremderr6, in the bosom of trees 
and gardens. 
We stopped on its skirts to feed our cattle, and to breakfast. We 
seated ourselves under the shade of some cherry trees, and by the side 
of one of the running streams of fine pure water, which abound in the 
neighbourhood We met a caravan on a pilgrimage to the tomb of 
Imaum Reza, at Mesched; the Chaoush or conductor of which, (a 
man on horseback carrying a green triangular flag) complained to us 
that the people at Khorremderr6 had stolen his cloak. We sent a man 
with him into the town, and after some difficulty, procured the 
recovery of the garb to its right owner. 
