_ 116 _ rock, encircled by a high wall of stone and lime, and well guarded. It is called Cojimohur. On the next day there were long downhill stretches, the road passing between groves of holm-oak and earth banks; we put up at a caravanserai called Khosmakan, having passed two other caravanserais. On the next day, over the same difficult roads, we passed through a small place called [Marmora]. Travellers call it the home of partridges because they are so numerous around there. It is situated to the north, on a hill at a small distance from the road, and is peopled by Kurdish Moors. After midday we passed another caravanserai, where we were detained by guards, who are there on account of a Kurdish gentleman who lives in a castle half a league to the south of the road, called [Zaragui]. This was in order to pay the dues which are imposed on everything which passes that way. Near this caravanserai there is a house where normally live some people who sell partridges, fruits and provisions, but they were not there at this time because they had died of the plague. On the next day we passed over two bridges situated a little farther on over the Bitlis River. A little before this it had divided in two because of the mountain-ranges, but here it joins again. Over bad roads we arrived in the
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