TRAVELS 
IN 
PERSIA, BABYLONIA, 
S;c. Sjc. 
My retrograde movement from Shiraz to Ispahan, which I 
undertook so unwillingly, was not without the interest of passing 
over some new ground. I had travelled from the once splendid 
capital of Irak, to that of Fars, by what is called the eastern or 
winter road ; which leads through Mourg-Aub, the ancient Pasar- 
gadae. The route by which I was to return, is the most direct 
to Ispahan, and lies rather west of Persepolis; being impracticable 
in winter, it has the name of the summer road. The summer 
was indeed with us in all its consuming splendour ; and to gain a 
cooler climate on the north of the mountains, we thought so 
desirable a change, that as soon as Dr. Sharpe pronounced myself 
and the convalescents of my party in strength sufficient to move, 
we lost no time in remarshalling our ranks ; the heads of which 
were, the Mehmandar, Sedak Beg, my worthy physician, and his 
most grateful patient. 
Starting on the 29 th of July, 1818 , soon after sun-set, we 
retrod my former path through the village of Zergoon to the 
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