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every part of the hands and nails as far as the wrist, and on the soles of 
the feet, th toes, and nails. 
From the comparative shortness of my stay in Persia, I cannot 
presume to delineate the national character. I shall therefore spare 
the reader any general observations which can be rendered of decisive 
authority only by the experience of years, and an intimate acquaint¬ 
ance with the literature and amusements, as well as with the admini¬ 
stration of a country. The simple incidents of my journal, as they 
occur, may perhaps afford to every reader better materials for the illus¬ 
tration of the manners and society and government of Persia, than any 
systematic conclusions which I might have been able to extract from 
tlje same scenes and subjects. 
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