House & Garden 
Bhhb 
IN THE CAMRANIEH GARDENS 
Property of the Naib-es-Sultaneh 
of commercial invasion 
by Europeans during 
the Middle Ages, are 
sold by metal-workers 
in the bazaars, for a 
little more than they 
are worth as old metal. 
In this regard, aside 
from its agricultural 
and mineral possibili¬ 
ties, the whole country 
is a mine of wealth ; 
but for the infidel to 
set a spade in it would 
be disastrous. 
Considering the 
paucity of water, one 
scarcely need look for 
playing fountains in 
any Persian garden; 
but in many of them 
there is a circular or 
ARRANGEMENT OF PERSIAN CITY PREMISES 
octagonal basin in the 
center, in which a part 
of the water is detained 
on its way to the cistern. 
This serves at once 
an ornamental and 
religious purpose, since 
water is intimately 
associated with the 
M u s s u 1 m a n rites. 
Several times a day, 
even in the caravan¬ 
saries of the bazaar, 
where the torrent of 
trade is never still, the 
worshipper goes to 
the water font, fills his 
small ewer and per¬ 
forms the ablutions 
incident to prayer. 
In many of the 
humbler gardens the 
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