New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-10
4 VILLAGE FOUNDED BY NOAHS SON.
From The London Ddnp .Ne,cs.

Our special correspondent with the Afghan
Commission thus describes an extraordinary looking WI,
1--WE had not proceeded I'm OH on our way when yes
tgcs OF condition Of things met our eyes "
was nj place only 100 miles from Tehcrsn that we mrs
realized the dreadful state of danger In which the people
had lived. We found most relnnrkaDle NlIines u.
which cncampcd supposing noinornaion could nave
been procured and an archnolosst haa come upon IL oy
and plain The name othe viages Lasgird The people
Last son OF Noah drew ON tho ground the grd" or
circle which is the plan OF the structure Inc nero Oh
this legend is not familiar to Biblical scholars IN inc
West but he Is not unknown in Aghanisan. The Colos'
at Rome. although oval would convey some idea
OF the general appearance Of Lasgird only 1t must be
conceived built Of mud which is almost the only build
ing material Of this country. II should also be rceol-
eced that the belongs period Of good archcc-
turc of which It is a celebrated monument, while the
other may be said be entirely destitute of any preten
The rude mud walls are thick and solid all round at
the base and rise thirty forty feet where crc
Is line Of doors, with here and there small window
between them. BY means OF projecting beams. or
branches of trees. which smaller branches are ad
mS 0 s 10 bose P%pe forms Of birds
which formed OF sticks placed on tho upper
do not ro over or that the chicks do not
tumble down destruction. so 1t is with the galleries
VI %e saw Women and chrcn Sheep ard goats upon
thcm-a more flail and dangerousooking arrangement
1t would be hard to conceive There are two tiers oil
houses all round, ana IN some places there appeared 10
he three. All had these galleries in 'front.' either TO
communicate with the next house. or as some u noe
communicate they only of use To come ont upon 10
work for the children to play upon to u, these
places seemed the brink OF destructloI' VIM 10 tc
and children IL all appeared as safe and comfort
able they had been monkeys or course there was
no getting up to these galleries rom te oul'ue t.t
woud have suited the Trkomas The means or going up
all the inside In some cases there are rough stems
Of mud and In Others here are inclined planes nan no
der and half road. made IN the way A. the galleries
These lead up to galleries communicating WIN the
houses, which exact repetition OF those on the
outside the only difference beng that they were no,
80 high up, and there were walls ut places
which did duty a. paapct hence the certainty
of falling over ala not seem quite so great from tue
structure from Of these upper galleries, an od
OF AT least seventy years of age passed mo- win
child stuck In some primitive way on her BACK rev
yards from Of these means of ascent formed
OF sticks with the remains Of mud hanging to IT, IL
She cambercd this to the gallery above hut thai
not her destination; her hOuso was one up sun
the edge OF crumbng mud wall, not above clsht'ch
inches wide; ner left hand was "A perpendicular
descent enough to make one dizzy, ana death al me
bottom 81 IL, II fall should occur; although me Oer
side there only few feet. If the old creature had
slipped the chances that she would have rolled down.
and fallen over the gallery with the baby on hcr PACK
The old lady went M very steadily and reached her
that few generations OF this kind Of thing would undo
all our development. and that we would go BACK again 10
our original slmian condition..
The dwenss Of the people We're all !, IN, the gpPfGr
strange structures which are now falling TO decay
there Is longer any danger from the Iurkomans
These places were for containing the grain OF the VIII ge
and for wing the live stock or the villagers when
raid occurred. One Of number OF wells was pointed
out to us within circle aud told that they had
three four which always kept In good order IN
the days of danger There IL only one entrance 10 inns
circle and that il by small entrance scarcely four rect
In height 10 which there is stone door working win
pivot socket similar to the tnci0ni stone doors lou
in the Iauran and other parts of the Soan ms stone
door Of iasgd is very rude one being eight inches tlc
In parts and tcsits tai" Of existence or great
danger and the necessity for protection. sir Peter
Lunsdcn had long conversation with the Khct khodah
and or the principal villagers. and 1t seemed that
they not only asrrhed tho origin OF LaSgrd 10 the SON
oil Noah Nh as they called him but they ukcned their
strange dwelling place 10 The Ark. Extreme thcoogians
who identify the Church with the Ark, say all who were
"a the Ark saved all without were destroyed. TINS
was exactly the with Lasgri. When II ChuplO
took place all who got IN secure all who were LETT
outside became victims chronic state OF war existed
and this fortified village was the result Tho Govern
either could not, would not defend the people,
and they had 20 inkn mcmms rOr thelr own snfctN.N