CONTENTS 
OF 
THE SECOND VOLUME. 
PAGE 
Departure from Shiraz... 1 
Summer Route. 3 
A Sacred Village. 5 
Tribes of the Bactiari Mountains . 9 
Vale of Oujon. 12 
Government of Shirley . 16 
Game on the Plain of Oujon. 19 
Vale of Heroes. 20 
The Eunuch of Abyssinia. 22 
Pass of Koutel Nakshi Khanah. 24 
City of Yezdikast. . 25 
A Miraculous Preservation . 27 
Attack of Banditti .. 33 
Return to Ispahan . 37 
Society of Ispahan. 38 
Loss of Persia to the Caliphs . 44 
Guebres. 46 
Early Faiths in the East. 50 
Sooflfees . 54 
Leaves Ispahan. 59 
Pilgrims . 60 
Wild Tribes. 61 
A Second Rencontre with Robbers . 64 
Caravansary at Dour. 65 
Town of Gilpaigon. 67 
Aspect of the Country . 68 
Khonsar... 70 
Insults at Rhabad. 72 
Laws of Murder. 75 
Beautiful Village of Amerat. 77 
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March in a River . 81 
Wild Beasts . 82 
District of Malyar in Louristan. 83 
District of Chumeen. 85 
View of Mount Elwund, or Orontes ... 87 
Approach to the Vale of Hamadan. 88 
Hamadan, or Ecbatana . 91 
Ancient People of Media, &c. 94 
Ecbatana. 97 
Alexander at Ecbatana. 99 
Ecbatana. 102 
Local traditions . 105 
Tomb of Esther and Mordecai . 106 
Architecture of Ecbatana. 115 
Stone Platform on Mount Orontes. 116 
View from the Peak of the Mount. 118 
Gunj Namhal, or the Enchanted Trea¬ 
sure. 120 
Ancient Coins. 124 
Sassanian Coins. 125 
Languages of Persia. 132 
Arsacidean Coins . 133 
Second View from Mount Orontes. 138 
Plain of Sahadabad. 139 
Kandavar. 140 
Temple of Diana. 141 
Be-Sitoon Mountain. 146 
Encampment of Pilgrims. 147 
Platform of Be-Sitoon . 150 
Assyrian Sculptures. 152 
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