The 5th, seven p. to Dreag. The
6th, seven p. to a serail. The 7th, eight p. to Golpigan,
[Chulpaigan.] The 8th, seven p. to Curouan. The 9th, seven p. to
Showgot. The 10th, six p. to Saro, [Sari.] The 11th, eight p. to
Dissabad. The 12th, twelve p. to a fair town called Tossarkhan,
where he rested some days, because the country was covered deep with
snow. The 15th, six p. to Kindaner. The 16th, eight p. to Sano. The
17th to Shar nuovo, where I was stopped by the daiga; but on shewing
him letters from the vizier, he bade me depart in the name of God and of
Ali. The 18th we passed a bridge where all travellers have to give an
account of themselves, and to pay a tax of two shakees for each camel.
The 19th we came to Kassam-Khan, the last place under the Persian
government, and made a present to the governor, that he might give me a
guard to protect me from the Turkomans, which he not only did, but gave
me a licence to procure provisions free at his villages without payment,
which yet I did not avail myself of.
The 21st of December I began to pass over a range of high mountains
which separate the two empires of Persia and Turkey, which are very
dangerous; and, on the 22d, at the end of eight p. I arrived at a
village.
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