powerful. The country is enriched with several mines of gold, and great quarries of jaspar
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. The commodities are gold, silver, maize, corn, honey, ostriches, and metals. Most of them use the Spanish tongue, but some their ancient jargon.
A Persian Man and Woman in their proper Habits.
An Account of PERSIA.
PERSIA is a famous kingdom of Asia, called by the inhabitants Farsistan, and the Empire of the Sophy
. It is bounded by the Caspian Sea, India, Persian Gulph, and Arabia Deserta. The air of this country is temperate towards the north, but very hot in the summer towards the south. Their grain is barley, millet, lentil, pease, beans, and oats; and all their provinces produce cotton, which grows upon bushes; their fruits are excellent, and they have vines in abundance, but in obedience to Mahomet's commands drink no wine, but sell it all to the Arminians
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