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FIDISK— Lat. , Long. ^ ; Elev.
A village of Khurasan in the Khaf buluk of the district Kain.—
(Bellew.)
FIJRCT —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small fort in Khurasan, Persia, about 11 miles west of Mashhad, situated
in a cultivated and generally plain country, with many fortified villages
in the vicinity.— (Forster.)
FILL1— Lat. 37° 17' Oh Long. 58° 50' 0"; Elev.
(Stewart).
A village in the Daraghaz, province of Khurasan, about 10 miles west of
Muhammadabad.— (Stewart.)
FINDARISK— Lat. (Fraser) 37° 0' 30", Long. (St. John.) 54° 57'
59’ ; Elev.
A picturesque village in the province of Astarabad on the road from Jah
Jarm to Astarabad, and about 35 miles west of the latter town. It is de
scribed as looking at a distance like a rambling collection of old barns over-
orown with tropical vegetation. A closer inspection, however, shows that
there is much order and regularity in the disposition of the farms, and an
'almost Chinese precision and neatness in ordering the pi’ecincts of each little
homestead. The centre building is usually of two stories; the whole, to the
top of the tiled or more commonly thatched roof, not more than 15 lo 18
feet. The walls, framed with timber, are formed of neatly woven cane-work
plastered inside with mud. A wide eave or verandah runs round the
four sides, forming a covered and well-protected balcony for winter or wet
weather use. A thatch roofed room, raised 25 to 30 feet from the ground
on posts, is used in summer as a sleeping place by the family. The
advantage of sleeping well above the ground in the fever season is
fully recognized ; and the people, even when working or hunting at a
distance from the village, always select some convenient tree, or make a nest
raised on poles some distance from the ground. In winter the loft or plat
form is used as a receptacle for cotton silk, &c. blanking the farm house are
usually two or three long barns with timber posts and walls of the kind vul-
P'arly known as “ wattle and daub. ” Each of these has a padlock, with a
neat fence of split cave ; the straw ricks are well raised from the ground in
cross beams, and in a corner of the enclosure stand three or four gig an ic
barrel-shaped baskets plastered inside with mud, in which wheat and rice
are stored. Each enclosure has its group of orange trees also railed m, am
a few vines. The paddocks are filled with fine cattle, and the well-raised
and drained pathways and extensive cultivated clearings give an appear
ance of comfort and substance : the surplus produce of the village lands
finds its way as far as Jah Jarm and Astarabad, and a large and inereas-
ino’ area is sown with cotton. , „ . i t ■
Findansk is the chief village o£ the Muk of the same name, and contains
about 1,01)0 families, including those of £
MM lies south of that of Katul, and includes the whole belt of toiest as tai
as the Naudih stream, and the lower slopes of Khushyitak. _
It is traversed by several large streams ; the Naudih, the Itamian, and he
Cdarush Uud, feeders of the Gurgan river, ihere are el villages and