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Show 1-a.OigariI. There is n curious village in I'e-r-sbv, named Ijasligard, tit t we. u Stm-nam Stm-nam and Teheran, llere there has on.o Ispt-n acitadil, luilt ujion a hXtv circular mound to z height of icrnajjcighty feet from tlie plaiu. riie citadel has fallen into ruin, aud the buildines in its interior are a litter of rubbish and bricks. Hut the v i' lagers have established them-selves them-selves in the deserted encie-nte. nnd on Hie very top of the outer walls have built a double story of mud-houses, mud-houses, w hich are only accessible by tlightsof crary step from the interior, in-terior, and the most remarkable feaeuic of which is a ledge- or tml-Cfliiy tml-Cfliiy Uiilt out frou. eirh story w-itii rude logs of wood plastered over with mud. Uj-on this rlckely platform, which has nothing in the sli.vpe of a railing to uvent any oue from falling oh", awl which is full of lion-, the inhabitants in-habitants appear to live thelr outdoor out-door life. '1 he place from a distance looks as ifa gigantic colunv of birds had settled there and ltudt out their nes from the walls. It is entered hy a steep slairaay from Ilia ground mounting small jioste.ni, the door of which is 1 single huge Mick of stone, swung on a pivot. At the villages of Del Mulla. IVdah and Araden are seeu similarly abandoned, aban-doned, though not reinhalilted, citadels on the top of graa; artliTcai clay mounds. Their ruin Is a te-sti-mo'iiy to the lawless life- of the jaat, as well a to Uie security of present existence. hx. |