"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎٢‎٠‎٧] (٤٥٠/٢٤٢)

LET. II.]
PLAIN OF SHIRAUZ.
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lower than this plain, and there is a manifest
descent from hence to Shirauz the greater part of
the Way. I suppose this can hardly be less than
6000 feet. The plain is verdant as an emerald
at this season. We marched at twenty minutes to
six, and soon were engaged among the hills, through
a beautiful road well wooded with hawthorn, wild
cherry, pear, &c. Flocks of koorkoors, or partridges,
were running across the road, scarcely deranging
themselves for us, and we saw hares pricking up
their ears under the bushes. Lions are said also
to be not uncommon, and Mr. Tod heard one roar
ing the last time he passed this road.
We descended to the valley ol the Karagatch, a
little murmuring river, the glens on each side illu
mined with the fires of the Eliauts. Two ot them
came to see us, and we found they were Nanekeli
Koords. I immediately got into conversation with
them, and they invited us to their tents to treat us
with stuffed larnh. We refused their hospitality,
however, and after halting to take coffee, for forty
minutes, we crossed the river, and arrived at the
miserable village of Khoneh Zengoon, where there
is a filthy caravanserai. We arrived at ten minutes
before ten.
August 2.—The thermometer this morning was
55°. We got some delicious butter, which reminded
us of that of England. At ten minutes past live we
mounted, and rode over a country of open, undulating