CHAP. V. 
BUSHIRE TO SHIRAZ. 
DEPARTURE FROM BUSHIRE-ARRANGEMENTS OF THE CAMP— 
MEETING WITH MAHOMED NEBEE KHAN: ENTERTAINMENT— 
THE ISTAKBALL—DAULAKEE—MINERAL STREAMS—VEGETATION 
-^-PASSAGE OF THE COTUL—PLAIN OF KHISHT—THE GOVERNOR— 
CARAVANSERAI-—THE MOUNTAIN ROBBERS-KAMAURIDGE- 
KAUZERON: HONORS PAID TO THE ENVOY—RUINS OF SHAPOUR: 
GENERAL VIEW; ACROPOLIS; SCULPTURES; ROMAN FIGURES; 
THEATRE; TRADITIONS—PASSES OF THE MOUNTAINS—FIRMAN 
FROM THE KING—APPROACH TO SHIRAZ—ISTAKBALLS—PRE¬ 
SENT FROM THE PRINCE. 
The preparations for our departure, which had been suspended by 
different events, were now resumed with much alacrity. I felt that the 
cold, which we should soon encounter, might possibly kill my Indian 
servant, and I accordingly sent him back to Bombay. The Ferosk 
Bashee, or chief tent-pitcher, an officer of much utility in the progress 
of our journey, now brought with him to our camp a large number of 
adherents in subordinate capacities, who on their entrance requested the 
Envoy's permission to say their prayers in the manner and time ap¬ 
pointed by their religion. The next morning I was roused by a noise, 
which I at last discovered to be compounded of the trumpet of the troop 
