The New York herald., 1870-12-25

who have travelled this way and written aDout this
place, but one or two have noticed this strange
| characteristic Of Yezdighastr
Between the hillside Of Yezdighast and the Cara
| vanserai ruas stream about two yards wide and
three inches deep, which IN contrast 70 the nltay
dghast Is famous for its good bread which also b
wonder taking other things INTO cons.dsration,; M =,
the uncomfortable neghborhood. for the relay came
u Our road vas sousheastwa through Fars the
Bakntiar mountains on our right, the great desert
| and the way To
Yczd's eternal mansion Of the Ars,
on our left. The desolate plains to our left are the
home OF the wild ass and hyena, and In the noun
animal, With SON, iswn -coored fur ana finely pen
ming Ynis lynx Is, properly. the caracai Tne
classic authors were accustomed TO ascribe wonder
/ ful powers TO II. Pliny writes that It could SEQ
1 through brick wall II was also credited that II
this animal sat In the midst OF field he could fer
presence A vineyard was thus also sa Re from the
enects OF hahsto1n II was said also that ne
sessed the quality OF curing toothache and agush
| fever5.
| Tired to get shot at It with my handy winches
ter repeater, bat the first pun OF smoke dar,ed
OF iut0 narrow ravine, whose recessas he shared
with the nyena and the jackal. Half way TO Shool-
gestan, the next station, we saw tree on the slope
OF one OF the hills TO right Imenton this fact,
as Y was surrounded by fence and because tree
In the open air Is IN Persia that when 1t is
found It Is Immediately enclosed lest harm should
| come to 1t.
| We passed ShooIgestan Abadeh and Dehbid with
out stopping 80 that we could get to Mesched iMurg
haub before night. as we were In region where the
harsnly with travellers. 1t was very late when we
entered the town OF Murghaub, having passed but
SasSars vi which We sG mad stumbled upon ap Without bout
knowing.
| PAsARGADR
The next morning we lett Mesched-t- Murghaub
| for the ruins OF Pasargadn, which lay south about
nve miles. The road lay through richly cultivated
1 vJlt hW thn fin atr nf nt.I,
and Its numerous caaauts. Incliniag q little
towards the right we came 10 a group OF low aud
| caught glimpse OF a whtish stonc wall. Riding
TO II, we found It 70 be marble platform, or
followed (sithout dismounting) base OF the hlll
keeping our eyes steadlastly liked on It, until had
an arsad 90 M the nask @
station, ana tnat should want them on tue second
morning, and proceeded to measure. with tape
! line, the stones, the length OF the walls &c.
MEASUREMENTS OF THE PLATFORM.
West side 260 feet long; north side 1872 feet longs
proecion dep. retaS anse feet T. lac nches s
| fronG line between the projecting faces l54 ieet.
though think It runs about 200 feet further, with
the entire southern slope OF the hill. The height or
the western wall, SO far as may be measured is Il
feet inches; but 1t must have been much higher.
considered simply as platform, as the base Is much
fallen marble blocks. IshOuld say the wan In its
entirety emu must M nave been nearly or quite hundred
blocks OF nearly equal thickness, but not Of breadtH
or length the most general thickness being feet
nlne inches Starting from the bottom Of the south
west angle or the platform upward We find the first
tier recedes from its bed one inch, the second tier
recedes eleven inches, the third six and . half
bevelled half an inch In depth and three inches in
width along the square the breadth or this marble
OF the blocks from two to 2l feet, the
longest ! measured being q feet 3}s inches,
lently cut, OF polished smoothness, and each stone
Is joined to the other nicely that the point of the
finest needle would not penetrate the ionure: The
faces VI the blocks are roughly chiseled. On the
platform may be seen the way in which these stones
were camped together. and 1t Is, doubt, the nrm-
ness oil the iron clamps anu the great labor which
would be required to destroy the platform that mas
prevented It's complete destruction. For 1t is evi.
dent by the irregular lo0seness OF the displaced
blocks that great efforts have been made from time
to Time by the unnesthec natives 10 obtain the iron.
Another confirmation OF this purposed vandalism
are the holes at regular intervals In the
walls OF the platform. singular feature in
marks made by the chisel, winch seem to me to be
numerals employed BY the workmen 70 denote the
positions the blocks should These
quarry Just as the red pigment ngures were used by
the workmen Of Hiram III the foundation stones OF
the Temple OF Solomon.
'.soLoMoN's THRoNE.n
On this platform, now called Takht-i-Snemian
O. pasargade" according to PIiny, wherein were
the dwellings, OF the magf and the atars OF the
rectly as possible that your readers may follow me
intellgently. Cyrus the Great, son OF Canbyses.
King OF Media sverthrew the Media Babylonla em.
pre- In the year 557 D. O., In the patn OF Pasargada.
10 cormemorate this achievement he caused a city
Of Of, houses to replace his tented city. ON TINS
HILL SO we are led to believe by the
castle containing the ''hoiy place." whther ne went
to worship and where his successors were after.
yards nayYara,ed as kings Of Persia To estsbllsl
g Ef n SST sgsse s FS Rs ,ossh Es &1X Ss
plain Of Persepolis flows the AraXes. 10 c0rrobo-
turQn hV-
pohesis which do not think has ever been Stated
before by any traveller or writer deduced from The
remains OF the Temple OF Jerusalem, built by Zerub-
babel, Ezra and Nehemiah. Cyrus had conquered
Babylon. the scene OF Jewish captivity; the men had
OF Persia they probably mad helped to build most or
the palaces Of Pasargada. In the year 536 b. O. SIX
years before the death OF Cyrus the Great the Jews
were permitted to return to Jerusalem and rebuilt
their temple, which had been destroyed by Nebu-
In the Temple OF Jerusalem. built by Zerubbabel
We have the exact Imitation OF the stones OF Pasar
gadie not In Its substructure, for THAT was mostly
S0lOm0n's work. and 1t Is much different to the later
work. Captain warren introduced me into the pits
and tunnels he has excayated which lead to the
substructure. Ninety feet below the sur ace OF the
debrls which rises h-like against the modern walls
Of the temple area, saw the foundation stones OF
the temple. smootnfaccd, without bevel or draught
The Jewish superintendents OF the temple were prs.
badly taken from Pasargade or Ec0aLana. What
more natural than they should adopt In the building
Of their temple the manner ana style OF
they had seen ut Pasargadaf IL 1t not rational TO
think that the Pasargade stones were cniselcd and
cut In the same epoch as those with Deve draught
at Jerusalem, and that those oil Jerusalem Indicate
the era OF those at PasargadnS
This platform, which must be considerably over
500 feet long by 260 feet wide, in the
chaste manner have above described. what super
structure could il have upheld? The walls around
ii are about twelve feet In thickness. 1t must have
been most stately affair, with 100 feet In height OF
marble platform, gslening White as snow crown.
Ing this h, with the city OF Pasargade stretched
south at It's Feet In single letter to q newspaper
II would be impossible to enumerate all the sugges-
tons and supp .sitons made by savans. Following
Adrian Dodorus aud Pliny, we must call 1t castle
and NEST splendid u must have beenand rest con-
tent with the fact that here Cyrus tho Great and his
successors were crowned.
Descending the southern slope of the hill and pro-
ceeding southwest Tor quarter OF mile we reach
a small square building, like tower built OF the
same kind or marD,e as the castle platform. 1t
feet high. The stones used IN Its construction
nnrie IIx fro mt nara ~