CONTENTS. 
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dispatched to the Persian camp ; has an audience of Abbas Mirza; conversation be¬ 
tween them.— State of affairs between Turkey and Persia. — Visit to the Turkish 
Envoy. — Conversation. — Some account of the Rev. Henry Martin. — Tabriz de¬ 
scribed; anecdote of an English serjeant and the Persian Governor. — Arsenal. — Me¬ 
lancholy tale of Armenian captives. — Mode of lodging strangers. — Noises of a Per¬ 
sian city. — Sleeping on the house-top in summer. — Environs of Tabriz described ; 
powder mill.— Vines curling over the wall, and illustration of Scripture. 211 
CHAPTER XV. 
Departure for the Prince’s camp. — River Agi. — Extensive view from Sheherek, — Ahar. 
— Tomb of Sheikh Shaab-e-deen. — Ahar, ancient Hara ? — Scenery on the Ahar river. 
— Village of Bijah. — Jealousy of an Eelaut. — Mountain of Savalan. — Visual decep¬ 
tion of its distance and height. — Tale of a frozen man at its summit. — Arrival at the 
Prince’s camp. — Conversation with him. — Arrival of a Russian General.—Anecdote con¬ 
cerning him. — Arrangemepts made to negotiate a peace between Russia and Persia. 233 
CHAPTER XVI. 
The Author’s departure for the Russian camp. — Rencontre with an Indian. — Ramazan, 
the Mahomedan fast. — Aslandous. — Crosses the Araxes. —Arrives at the camp. — Sup¬ 
per described. — Conference with the Russian commander in chief. — A Persian fray. •— 
Negotiation for peace, unsuccessful. — Snakes of Mogan. — Embassy departs for Teheram 
— Persian feeling about women. — Ardebil. — Tomb, &c. of Sheikh Seffi. — Library. 
— Mountain of Akdagh. — Cross the Kizzil Ozan. — Auk Kend. 243 
CHAPTER XVII. 
The Embassy departs for Hamadan. — Salt desert of Zerend. — Peasants fly to the mountains. 
— Villages deserted. — Governor of Hamadan. — His character. — Curiosity of the 
Persians. — Hamadan described.—Illustration of Scripture.— Sepulchre of Esther 
and Mordecai. — Hebrew inscription. — Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana. — Arrow- 
headed inscriptions. — Conjectures about the site of the ancient palace. — Other antiqui¬ 
ties.— Manufactures.— Anecdote of a Greek merchant. — Climate of Plamadan ... 259 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
Departure from Hamadan. — Great heat. — Trait of Persian despotism. — Account of a 
Turkish Ambassador; his treatment in Persia. ^ Persian politics. — King proceeds to 
Ojan. — Camp assembles there. — Reception of the King by the Prince Royal.— Mr. 
