wo 
TABRIZ, 
44 whether, if they had grown up to man's estate, they would have 
44 proved good servants to their country.” 
The Prince is remarkable also for the plainness of his dress ; he 
never wears any thing more than a coat of common Kerbas (a strong 
cotton cloth) and a plain shawl round his waist. Whenever he sees 
any officers of his court in fine laced or brocade clothes, he asks them, 
44 What is the use of all this finery. Instead of this gold and tinsel, 
44 why not buy yourself a good horse, a good sword, a good gun; this 
44 flippery belongs to women, not to one, who calls himself a man 
44 and a soldier.” He inspects himself all the detail of his troops, their 
arms, horses, and accoutrements, adopting those that appear to him fit 
for use, and rejecting those that are below his standard. The Governor 
of the city, who related these traits to me, had in his house at the time 
two hundred muskets, which the Prince refused out of two thousand, 
that had been sent to him from Teheran , having himself examined every 
single gun, and tried every lock. He is said also to be extremely 
liberal to his troops, and to give all his money among them. 
When I asked the Governor, if Messrs. Jouannin and Nerciat, 
of the French Embassy, (who had arrived a few days before us, and 
whom I overtook at Tabriz) had as yet departed, he replied that they 
were gone. When he came back to me in the evening, he told me 
that they were not. He added, that on appearing before the Prince 
in the morning, he had related my question and his own answer; on 
which the Prince exclaimed, 44 You told him that they were gone! 
44 Flow could you tell him such a falsehood; I will not allow any of my 
44 servants to speak an untruth—Go and tell him that they are not 
44 gone.” It appeared that the Governor had been really mistaken in 
his first report. 
The Governor talked also of his Prince's horsemanship, and skill in 
the chase, which were unequalled. He told me that at full gallop the 
Prince could shoot a deer with a single ball, or with the arrow from 
his bow, hit a bird on the wing. He combines indeed the three great 
