TABRIZ TO ARZ-ROUM. 
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ened to a pole and drawn like a plough by yoked oxen: they have 
another implement of agriculture, which is certainly capable of much 
improvement. It is a pole fixt transversely on another to which the oxen 
are yoked; on each of these is a small wooden cylinder about half a foot 
long: and these insignificant things are dragged as a roller over the 
June the 5th. We went from Per eh to Zauvieh in six hours and a 
half, on a bearing of N. 50 W. which may be twenty-four miles. 
During the whole of the preceding evening it had rained, accompanied 
by thunder and lightning. Our ride, therefore, was rendered muddy. 
From Per6k we entered some mountains of easy access; which, about 
ten miles before we reached Zauvieh, opened into a plain surrounded 
like a basin by mountains, on all sides gradually inclining to the centre. 
On entering the plain, high on the right on the declivity of the moun¬ 
tain, is the village of Selawan; and on the left a small village called 
Khori ; and on the turn of the road towards it, are two. stone lions 
among some rude and ancient tomb-stones. The greater part of the 
population of the plain is composed of Armenians. To the West are 
very high mountains, the tops of which were covered with snow, and 
their roots, when we passed by, were nearly concealed by the heavy 
clouds that rested upon them. 
The snow was melting, and frequently streams were pouring from 
the mountains. Yet the difference of the temperature of the air here, 
and that which we had experienced within a few days, was very sen¬ 
sible ; and before sun-rise it was piercingly cold. The plain was culti¬ 
vated in all parts. The whole of the soil, over which we passed, was of 
the finest brown mould; so that, excepting some summits of the moun¬ 
tains, the country was one universal carpet of verdure. 
We met a large party of the Elciiits or wandering tribes, composed 
mostly of women and children, who were travelling to a fresh encamp¬ 
ment. One of the women, who had the care of two children, had dis¬ 
mounted; and the extreme agility with Which she got on her horse 
