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90 LIVES OF THE MOGHUL EMPERORS.
Tirriur now directed his steps once more to Georgia,
which he entered with his vast army, routed the
Georgians in several engagements, reduced their fort-
resses, until then considered impregnable, razed the
walls, and put their garrisons to the sword. He
made himself master of Taws, a strong fortress which
stood upon so high an elevation that no archer could
send an arrow over its battlements from the valley
below. So soon as he obtained possession of this
stronghold, with his accustomed savage policy he
caused the whole garrison to be butchered.
No difficulties checked the victorious career of this
unsatiable conqueror. He pillaged with unsparing
severity the countries of the Cossacks in Georgia, put-
ting all who fell into his hands to death. It is surpris-
ing with what success he overcame the impediments
opposed to his progress in this elevated region: his
troops scaled the most precipitous acclivities, crossed
the most dangerous torrents, and surmounted almost
superhuman obstacles.
One of the greatest impediments to the progress of
an army in all mountainous districts, is the cataracts,
which frequently bound from the hills with an impe-
tuosity that nothing can resist. These are passed
by various means, all exceedingly perilous, except
where there are regular substantial bridges, which is
not usually the case. The engraving will give some
idea of the sort of bridges employed in the vast chains
of the Himalaya and Caucasus, being taken from a
view in Boutan, a district in the former extensive
range of mountains. The bridge represented in the
print is thrown over a rapid stream in these hills,
Tirriur now directed his steps once more to Georgia,
which he entered with his vast army, routed the
Georgians in several engagements, reduced their fort-
resses, until then considered impregnable, razed the
walls, and put their garrisons to the sword. He
made himself master of Taws, a strong fortress which
stood upon so high an elevation that no archer could
send an arrow over its battlements from the valley
below. So soon as he obtained possession of this
stronghold, with his accustomed savage policy he
caused the whole garrison to be butchered.
No difficulties checked the victorious career of this
unsatiable conqueror. He pillaged with unsparing
severity the countries of the Cossacks in Georgia, put-
ting all who fell into his hands to death. It is surpris-
ing with what success he overcame the impediments
opposed to his progress in this elevated region: his
troops scaled the most precipitous acclivities, crossed
the most dangerous torrents, and surmounted almost
superhuman obstacles.
One of the greatest impediments to the progress of
an army in all mountainous districts, is the cataracts,
which frequently bound from the hills with an impe-
tuosity that nothing can resist. These are passed
by various means, all exceedingly perilous, except
where there are regular substantial bridges, which is
not usually the case. The engraving will give some
idea of the sort of bridges employed in the vast chains
of the Himalaya and Caucasus, being taken from a
view in Boutan, a district in the former extensive
range of mountains. The bridge represented in the
print is thrown over a rapid stream in these hills,