'A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816. With a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. Together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. K.L.S. With two maps, and engravings from the designs of the author.' [‎140] (181/516)

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PIGEON HOUSES.
bricks baked in the sun, but of a very large size, between ^hich are
layers of reeds alone, without any apparent cement. The Persians say
that these buildings were the works of the Guebres. From the top
of this hill we enjoyed an extended prospect ot the richl\ cultivated
country that borders the river Zainderood, whose windings could be
traced bv the verdure and vegetation which accompanied it in its
course.
In the environs of the city to the westward, near the Zainderood,
are manv pigeon-houses, erected at a distance from habitations, for the
sole purpose of collecting pigeons' dung for manure. They are large
round towers, rather broader at the bottom than the top, and crowned
by conical spiracles through which the pigeons descend. Their interior
resembles a honeycomb, pierced with a thousand holes, each of which
forms a snug retreat for a nest. More care appears to have been bestowed
upon their outside, than upon that of the generality of. the dwelling-
houses, for they are painted and ornamented. The extraordinary flights
of pigeons which I have seen alight upon one of these buildings, afford,