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structure of fresh brick, which does not correspond with the turrets of 
the main building. All is now in ruins: indeed it could have been of 
value as a military hold, only in times when artillery was not used, as it 
is commanded by every hill around. I took a sketch of it from the 
ascent of the mountains. The old bridge below adds a very picturesque 
object to the surrounding heights and the scenery of the stream. On 
the ascent of the mountain, (over that part which in winter must be of 
more difficult passage,) there are the remains of a causeway, attributed 
in like manner, to a Shah Abbas, and extending for several miles. 
In descending to the plain on the Western side of the Cofian Kou , we 
saw another river called Rood Khonth MiaunSh , which also flows from 
West to East, having combined before we crossed it, three several 
streams (the Ceransou , the Sheher Clieyee , and the Aye Dogmoush,) and 
about on z fur sung to the Eastward, carrying their united waters into 
the Kizzil Ozan. The sources, according to my informer, an old moun¬ 
taineer at Miauneh, were about two day's journey from his town; in a 
direction, by the pointing of his hand, of N. 70 W. among the moun¬ 
tains of Sahat Dun. We passed the river over a bridge of twenty-one 
arches, in appearance indeed as old as that just described, but in style 
of structure resembling so much the bridge of Aliverdy Khan at Ispa¬ 
han , a work of the age of the Seffis , that it may be ascribed to a Prince 
of the same race with much less improbability, than that over the 
Kizzil Ozan can be attributed to Shah Abbas. If there are not 
immediate repairs, the whole in a few years will fall into the 
water. 
It was extremely hot in the recess of the mountains, with a light 
haze from the Westward. The sun set N. 73 W. Miauneh, where we 
passed the night, was once a large town, and its broken walls and gates 
are still to be seen. It is now, indeed, a poor miserable village, yet is 
the chief place of a tribe called Chedaughee, who are reputed to be 
very ferocious. The master of the house, where we lodged, wa9 gone to 
Tabriz; and his son, a boy of fourteen, officiated in his place with a 
propriety and dexterity which were quite amusing. He asked the 
