THE KHARZÁN TEHERÁN PERSIAN DANCING-GIRL POST-HOUSE AT KUSHKU BAIRA A CORPSE CARAVAN A DAY IN THE SNOW A FAMILY PARTY YEZDI-GHAZT THE CARAVANSERAI, MEYUN KOTAL SONMIANI OUR CAMP AT OUTHAL

Before half-past we were in sight of the rock on which stands the town of Yezdi-Ghazt, towering, shadowy and indistinct, over the moonlit plain.

[Illustration: YEZDI-GHAZT]

Daylight does not improve the appearance of Yezdi-Ghazt.

The system of drainage in Yezdi-Ghazt is simple, the sewage being thrown over, to fall, haphazard, on the ground immediately below.

This bridge is the only access to Yezdi-Ghazt, which is, so to speak, a regular fortress-town.

The appearance of a Farangi is evidently rare in Yezdi-Ghazt, for I was immediately surrounded by a crowd, who, however, were evidently inclined to be friendly, and escorted me to the house of the head-man, under whose guidance I visited the city.

Yezdi-Ghazt, which has a population of about five hundred, is very old, and is said to have existed long previous to the Mohammedan conquest.

Yezdi-Ghazt would not be a desirable residence during an earthquake.

16 Yezdi-Ghazt- 24 Shoulgistán- 24 Abadéh-

THE KASÎDAH of Hâjî Abdû El Yezdi by Sir Richard F. Burton, K.C.M.G. A Lay of the Higher Law