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It had been agreed, that we should severally exchange the Treaties 
which each had written. When all was over, the Envoy took up our 
copy, and desired the Mirza to take up the other, that a formal ex¬ 
change might be made. At this moment circumstances arose which 
closed the conference abruptly. The nature of those circumstances 
called forth all the dignified firmness of the Envoy, which in their 
future intercourse produced the most striking courtesy and attention 
from the Persian Ministers. The business was subsequently renewed 
on the evening of the 15th, and in that meeting the Treaties were finally 
exchanged. 
On the 18th, the Envoy received a letter from an officer of high dis¬ 
tinction at Tabriz. It is singular in itself, but it may have a new inte¬ 
rest in the translation, which was made for me by a Persian (Jaffek 
Ali Khan), and which is given in his own unaltered words: 
“ May you, the high in station, exalted in dignity, clothed with 
“ splendor, the great magnificent in rank, distinguished for friendly 
“ disposition, cream of the nobles of the Christian faith, and the select 
“ among the great of the worshippers of the Messiah. May your ho- 
“ nour increase, and may you be always in safety from the evil world, 
“ and always under the protection of God Almighty. And may He 
“ grant you all the happiness belonging to this world and the next, and 
“ (may you) be ever merry by the blessing of God. I write you as 
“ follows:—1st. I don’t know what complaint I am to make of my bad 
“ fortune, that, notwithstanding the great desire I had to see you, the 
“ Creator of the Universe had brought you to this country at a time when 
“ I am not present there. 2d. I don’t know what excuse to make to 
“ you, that while you are there, owing to my being engaged to the 
“ Russian affairs, I can’t prove myself useful to you in order to please 
“ myself. 3d. I have no remedy, as there are no fine articles at Ader - 
“ bigian that I may send you, in order to prove of my regard to 
“ you; but the state of England and Russians are enemies to one an- 
4< other, therefore I employ my nights and days to do injury to the 
“ Russians, which is the only content I have at present. I hope that, 
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