Show there is a curious village in persia sia named Las ligard between sem ram bam and teheran here there has once been a citadel built upon a aft circular mound to a height of perhaps eighty feet from the plain the citadel has fallen into ruin and the buildings in its interior are a litter of rubbish and bricks but bid tile villagers have established themselves in the deserted enci ente and on the very top of the outer walls have built a double story of mud houses which are only accessible by nights flights of arazy steps from the interior and the most remarkable feature of which is a ledge edge or balcony co lie built out from each story with alu rude logs of wood plastered over with mud upon this rickety platform which has nothing in the shape of a railing to prevent any ady one from falling off and which is full of holes the inhabitants appear to live their outdoor life the place from a distance looks as if a gigantic colony of birds had settled there and built out their nests from the walls it is entered by a steep stairway from the ground mounting to a small postern the door of which is a single huge block block of stone swung on oil a pivot at the villages of del and aladen are seen similarly similar y abandoned though not re inhabited citadels on the top of great artificial arti fical clay mounds their ruin is a testimony to the lawless life of the past al well as to the security of present exis existence terice ex ax |