Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . EXTERIOR OF COUNTRY CARAVANSARY. 222 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY COTTON BEATER. cliaracter. But the Persians are notsingular in this respect at the present another smoke, the Persian gentle-man sallies forth toward the cool of theevening with a rosary in his hand, at-tended by a servant or companion. It is the hour of peace; a rosy lightbathes the house-tops, but the stately av-enues leading north and south are in shad-ow, and cooled by the water thrown by thesakkahs. The tender evening light alsorests on the snow
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . EXTERIOR OF COUNTRY CARAVANSARY. 222 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY COTTON BEATER. cliaracter. But the Persians are notsingular in this respect at the present another smoke, the Persian gentle-man sallies forth toward the cool of theevening with a rosary in his hand, at-tended by a servant or companion. It is the hour of peace; a rosy lightbathes the house-tops, but the stately av-enues leading north and south are in shad-ow, and cooled by the water thrown by thesakkahs. The tender evening light alsorests on the snowy crests of the vast ridgeof the Shim Iran, or Light of Persia, whichsoa7\s to a height of 13,000 feet across thenorthern side of the plain, but nine milesaway. The evening glow, before it fadesinto twiliglit, lingers last on the snowycone of Demavend, 21,000 feet high, everpresent in every view, like the presidinggenius that protects the capital of Persia. With slow and dignified steps the Per-sian gentlemen stroll through these invit-ing avenues, engaged in genial long i^obes,their massive beards, theirlofty caps
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