1 168 HOUSES AND FURNlTURfi OF THE GREAT.
2 by galleries whidi-nm along half way up the wall, and are Mt off'
3 with piUan and srdies. The hallst being only separated by piDan
4 and aaahea of open wood-wDik» can ahmy* be thrown into one^- bjr
5 lemoving the aadies. The back of the innermost one is a solid wall»
6 in which is the fire-place. T^e upper p&rt of this wall is ornamented
7 mOi &]se arcfaest which look like a continuation of the gaUeries, and
8 which, as well as the real aiches» are filled up on great occaskns widk
9 paintings in oi]« looking glasses. Mid other ornaments. There are
10 nnallear rooms along the other sides d£ the court yards ; and amoog
11 lih€Ba'lB»itmii»rtib]eq«rtiniants fiir the setirgum iaf Ik^.tbfgtfiryi
12 tftehoude,' onli ofrivhidi st least ii HU/^ op widi fftm.mnikmh lor
13 oldwpealiher;:' These ase fin phm In many of (Oiese-diftMi'SfiBtt^
14 Inenls. The walls and piUmaie oraamcntedximlh flDwe».l».?arieiis
15 peMiarii% painted in distemper, or . in oil* «n a^wUle g|h>itndieo«|^Md
16 of • aost of 'whilis wash, mhsed with sUning pastides^ vhMhc is odltfd
17 teai.Gi],.w sihr^'aacth.^ The doors are ofjarrad. wxiod^.' and- i«
18 wintnr ue otweM with flnrtaitas .of 'v^^inet, cnliniideted: Mt^ iiid
19 farooadfei hi idl Ae -iooins, rat a hci^t vAlch is easily within leMhi
20 are sfcclnd ieeessas in the walls,' wtdA a» punted very richly, and
21 by a stxange depnmtf of taste^ are thought to be embelliahed by
22 ^ass isottlB ef ^faiions lioloared picJdea and 11ie:poor
23 «da6 hare these* n»es8^< which th^ amameiit with China cups, and
24 in which tliey atom their fruits for wsMter ooosumption ; the curtakis
25 in thek Inuseri are of quiltecl cliiiitE,^p£ of canvas paintiad with birds,
26 faciist^ flowers, ftCi in oiL The pictures in the houses of the. rich
27 are mostly, if not euttieiy, doolB In Persia ; the figures am old fieniiil
28 £li^ and warriors, young men wid women drinking together, or
29 scenes firom some of ^le feiaian poems. The principal omamoits of
30 the rooms of the great atfe carpets and felts, which sexve.liiani in
31 place of all other furniture. Persian carpets are too well knowniB
32 Europe, to require any descri{)tion, but there is a kind made near
33 Heraut, which excels all others I ever saw ; they are made of wool,
34 but so fine and glossy, and dyed with such brilliant colours, that, they
35 appear to be of «lk : carpets of highly wroiight shawl are also used
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