CONTENTS. 
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CHAPTER IV. 
The Embassy reaches Shiraz. — Public entry. — Persian flattery. — Death of the Persian 
Ambassador’s child ; and illustrations of Herodotus, and Scripture. — Persian hot baths. — 
Visit of the Ambassadress to the Queen. — Saadi’s tomb. — Saadi’s hill. ■— Moselay. — 
Bagh dil Gosha. — Monument of Meshed Mader-i-Suleiraan.—-Fragment of sculpture. 
— Sculptured rock.56‘ 
CHAPTER V. 
Detention of the Embassy at Shiraz. — The Author goes to Persepolis. — Baj-gah. — 
Rahdars; and illustration of Scripture. — Zengan and its miserable inhabitants. — Corbal. 
— Nokara Khoneh Jemsheed. — Bend Emir, a specimen of Pex’sian hydraulics.— 
Arrival at Persepolis.— Habitation. — Excavations at the ruins. — Discovery of new 
sculptures. — Impediments. — Misery of the peasantry. — Nakshi Rustam. — Sculpture. 
— Discovery and description of Jemsheed’s prisons. — Visit from the Governor of Mer- 
dasht. — Revenue and population of Merdasht. — Rock of Istakhr; old guide, and illus¬ 
tration of Scripture. — Discovery of a tomb at Persepolis. — Arrowheads and a spear 
head found. G8 
CHAPTER VI. 
The Author returns to Shiraz. — Visit of Mehmandar. — His entertainment. — Persian 
musicians. — The Prince of Shiraz receives a Kalaat from the King. — Description of 
his investiture. — Adventures of Mahomed Nebee Khan, and Mirza Ahady. — Punish¬ 
ment of thieves at Shiraz. — Ethiopian eunuch. — Great heats and whirlwinds. — Flight 
of locusts. — Illustrations of Scripture. — Dum, or charm against snakes. — Scarcity 
of corn, and popular disturbances. — Birth of the Ambassador’s child. — Looties. — 
Treatment of infants among the Persians; coincidence with Jewish customs. — Suckling. 
— Weaning. — Superstition about the evil eye. —Naming the child. — Shaving its head. 
— Population of Shiraz... 90 
CHAPTER VII. 
Departure of the Embassy from Shiraz.— TaJehteravan. — Punishment of a Persian.— 
Persepolis. — Fragments of sculpture. — Sewend. — Illustration of Scripture. — Op¬ 
pression of peasants at Kemeen. — Ruins of Bahram’s castles. — Meshed Mader-i- 
Suleiman. — Sculptured pilaster. — Conjectures about the Takht Suleiman. — Morg- 
haub; its Governor. — A cool region.— Yeylaks and KishlaJes; illustration of 
Scripture. — Bokhara Kara, or black-breasted partridge. — Ekleed; its sacred spring. 
