. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . wn in the vicinity arr. Neistanak Delayed here because of lack of horses Time : 10 hrs. 10 min. (8 hrs. 50 min. in saddle + 1 hr. 20 min, halts) Distance : 12 farsakhs = 37 miles Saturday, May 16Iv. Neistanak Moonlight; horses very No fresh horses ; 3^ hrs. delay; proceed withsame horsesarr. Ardistan Time : 16 hrs. (12 hrs. 35 min. in saddle + 3 hrs. 25 min. halt)Distance: 11 farsakhs = 39 miles Jokand 1819 24 15 4
. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . wn in the vicinity arr. Neistanak Delayed here because of lack of horses Time : 10 hrs. 10 min. (8 hrs. 50 min. in saddle + 1 hr. 20 min, halts) Distance : 12 farsakhs = 37 miles Saturday, May 16Iv. Neistanak Moonlight; horses very No fresh horses ; 3^ hrs. delay; proceed withsame horsesarr. Ardistan Time : 16 hrs. (12 hrs. 35 min. in saddle + 3 hrs. 25 min. halt)Distance: 11 farsakhs = 39 miles Jokand 1819 24 15 Sunday, May 17Iv. Ardistan No post relay ; make up a caravan of 1 horse and 4 donkeys arr. 1 ,«■ i., ^Moghar Desert , j-KhalatabadIv. J Excellent post-horses waiting ; fast time; slight thunderstorm arr. Abuzaidabad (or Abuzadabad) Time : 18 hrs. 15 min. (14 hrs. 20 min. in saddle + 3 hrs. 55 min. halts) Distance : 16 farsakhs = about 51 miles Monday, May 18 Iv. Abuzaidabad , j- Kashan Hire a cart {gari) instead of post-horsesKasimabad (?)Shurab 18 16 17. A View of Teheran 1 WSS 1 L m 1 i ♦ ^ ^^M ^--a m 1 ^p \-^ ~ M ^>- jfe-rW ^(KfcliSiS mu^ m jO^^^ ■^^^^ &M ^^^ l^^^ ^^ati ,--^■■^J MH ^N ml ^51. as m !1^ M 1 A Persian Garden ITINERARY 4|7 Pasangun farsakhs miles arr. Kum j2 Time: 17 hrs. (3 hrs. in saddle, the rest in gari)Distance: 18 farsakhs, estimated at about 70 miles Tuesday, May Iv. Kum Travel in a diligence, sleeping most of the way arr. Teheran 25 85 Time : 20 hrs. Distance : 25 farsakhs = 85 miles Time of the journey: 7 days Total cost: 125 tomans (about $120) 2e CHAPTER XXVI TEHERAN, THE MODERN CAPITAL Where in sunshine reaching outEastern cities, miles about,Are with mosque and minaretAmong sandy gardens the rich goods from near and farHang for sale in the bazaar. — Robert Louis Stevenson, A GhiWs Garden of Verses. Isfahan is fair, Shiraz is beautiful,
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