CONTENTS. 
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death of Zohak. — Description of Demawend and its environs. — Firouz Koh; its violent 
winds. — Remarkable mountain passes. — Conjectures about the Pylce Caspice. — Dreari¬ 
ness of the country. — Foulad Mahaleh. — Cheshmeh Ali, or Ali’s Spring. — Royal 
pleasure house. — Cheshmeh Bad, or the fountain of wind. — Persian superstition about 
it.—• Mountain pass. — Anecdote of the Grand Vizier. — Interview with the King. 349 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
Description of the King’s camp.—Journey to Asterabad. — Jehan Nemah. — View of the 
Caspian. — Cattle. — Description of Asterabad. — Fishery. — Turcomauns. — Beg Jan, 
Prince of Bokhara. — Adventures df Mahomed Chini. — Hazret Ishan. — Return to 
the King’s camp. — Damgan. — Return to Demawend. — Mr. Willock’s arrival from 
England. — The King’s entry into Teheran. 373 
CHAPTER XXV. 
Delivery of ratified treaty to the King. — Audience of leave, and departure from Teheran. 
— The Prince Regent’s letter and present to Abbas Mirza. — Marriage of a Princess. — 
A hunt. — Departure from Tabriz. — State of the Erivan frontier. — Etchmiatzin, and 
the Armenian Patriarch. — Arpachai, ancient Harpasus. — Sublime view of Ararat. — 
Armenian houses. — Snow. — Kars. — Adventure in a stable. — Arze Roum, and Pehli- 
van Pacha. — Author reaches Constantinople. 389 
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