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the mission, amongst whom were disposed some moonshees. To the right 
and left were the pipe-trimmers, who carried all the smoking apparatus 
in boxes fashioned tor the purpose* Behind the gentlemen and the 
moonshees came a great crowd of Persians on horseback; and, to close 
the whole, the body guard came along in goodly rows, and made an ad¬ 
mirable finish to the groupe. 
The baggage all loaded on mules preceded us regularly on our march, 
so that when we arrived at the end of our stage we always found our 
tents pitched. 
The arrangements of our camp were as follows :—There were two 
state tents, one for dinner, the other for receiving company. The latter, 
with the Envoy's private tent, were enclosed within walls. Around 
these were the tents of the gentlemen of the mission, each person having 
his own. There was also one appropriated to cooking, and many others 
of a smaller size for the servants, and the guard of cavalry. 
After our dinner was over, which was generally an hour or two after 
sun-set, the dinner tent was taken down, loaded on the mules, and sent 
onwards to the next stage in readiness to receive us. About day-break 
in the morning, the camp begun to break up; and before our breakfast 
was over, for which one tent was left, all the rest of the ground was 
cleared, and the baggage was far on its road to the next, stage. The 
Persians are so accustomed to this manner of life, that they pitch and 
unpitch a camp with the most perfect dexterity and order. Much of 
course depends upon the chief of the Feroshes or tent-pitchers, called 
the Ferosh-Bashee, who must necessarily be very active. The man who 
filled this department in our mission was very clever, but probably a 
great rogue, of which at least he displayed a presumptive proof, as he 
had lost an ear, the forfeit of some former misdemeanour. The office 
of Charwardar or Chief Muleteer, is another also that requires much 
activity and watchfulness, to superintend properly the loading and un¬ 
loading of the mules with order and dispatch. 
* See Plate VII. in which they are incidentally introduced. 
