JAJROOD. 
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upon entering the room he always made the ser ferou, the obeisance 
made by servants before their masters ; and, as if he were talking to a 
Prince, made use of the most extravagant expressions of humility. 
But with all this, his bigotry was so great, that he never would eat 
any thing dressed by us, on any account. His faith in talismans was 
such, that he always wore the whole of the Koran about his person, 
half of it tied on one arm, and half on the other, rolled up in small 
silver cases. 
On the 18th of June, 1815, we set off from Teheran at about three 
o’clock in the afternoon, and went to Jajrood, distant nearly four fur- 
sungs, or fifteen miles. The road leads through the dreary mountains 
which gird the plain of Teheran to the eastward, and presents nothing 
but a succession of ascents and descents, until about two miles from 
Jajrood, where there is one long descent into the deep glen in which it 
is situated. At Jajrood there is nothing remarkable, except its river, 
which is rapid, and flows from the mountains in an undefined bed, more 
or less deep, until it reaches the plain of Veramin, where it is expended 
in cultivation. La Rochette has called this river the ancient Epardus. 
Remains of a long bridge which apparently had been a solid structure 
are seen near the caravanserai. The impetuosity of the stream at the 
melting of the snows carries every thing before it, and one of our 
attendants upon crossing it was forcibly borne away, and only stopped 
by a large stone. 
The King has constructed a caravanserai in the glen, in which are 
some chambers, and a bath for his own accommodation. To this place he 
frequently resorts in the winter for the purpose of hunting the Kapk, or 
red-legged partridge, with which the surrounding hills are covered. From 
Jajrood, the road again enters upon mountains of arid appearance, and 
presents no trace of habitations until Boumyeen, a large village on 
the left hand, on the road to Demawend ; and this owes its existence to 
a stream which irrigates the small territory attached to it, and like all 
the streams in this region, flows south into the fertile plain of Veramin. 
In the same direction as Boumyeen are several other villages, the 
largest of which is Ah, close to a royal summer-house, which is 
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