CHAP. XII 
TEHERAN. 
GENERAL VIEW OF THE NEGOCIATIONS-TREATIES SIGNED-EX¬ 
CHANGED—PERSIAN LETTER TO THE ENVOY—PUNISHMENT OF 
THEFT—EVE OF THE NOROOZ-PRESENTS DISTRIBUTED BY 
THE KING-NOROOZ OF ANCIENT PERSIA-ENTERTAINMENT 
GIVEN BY THE KING-ANNUAL PRESENTS-AMUSEMENTS OF 
THE DAY—RACES-BREED OF HORSES-THE ZOOMBAREEK AR¬ 
TILLERY-INTERVIEW WITH THE MINISTERS; WITH THE KING 
—KALAAT FROM THE KING FRENCH TREATY PUBLICITY OF 
PERSIAN DIPLOMACY GATE OF THE PALACE DISMISSAL OF 
THE FRENCH-LETTER TO THE KING OF ENGLAND-DIS¬ 
PATCHES PROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA-CONDUCT 
OF THE PERSIAN MINISTERS; OF THE KING-APPOINTMENT 
AND HISTORY OF MIRZA ABUL HASSAN, ENVOY EXTRAORDI¬ 
NARY TO ENGLAND. 
The details of the subsequent progress of the negociation were daily 
minuted in my journal; but they involve so many personal considera¬ 
tions that they could not be fairly published, even if I had not acquired 
the information by confidential and official opportunities. I sacrifice, 
