MEETS PERSIANS FROM ENGLAND. 
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gone at the rate of six miles an hour; the distance from Bagdali, 
our resting-place of the night before, being called five agatches, 
and we accomplished it in three hours and a half. 
After a short repast of coffee and bread, we started from 
Germelli on fresh horses at twelve o’clock. The road lay still 
up the valley, which by degrees brought us into the most beau¬ 
tiful variety of sylvan scenery; sometimes we were riding through 
forests of fir and oak, and at others, ascending the equally over¬ 
shadowed hills, which suddenly expanded again into richly cul¬ 
tivated spots. All this was rendered still more delightful, by 
the animation of constantly meeting buffalo-carts laden with 
timber, and caravans of merchandise, with travellers. At the 
end of twelve miles, a large tomb is seen on the left of the road. 
Our course now lay S. 30° W., and at three o’clock we reached 
the pretty village of Shayran, distant from the last four agatches ; 
we came in three hours, galloping almost the whole way. Here 
the Tatars dined; and fortunately finding no delay in getting 
horses, we started again at five o’clock. Our road continued 
through much the same forest regions as before ; but with the 
beauty of shade, deepening into gloom as the shadows of evening 
drew on. About night-fall, we encountered a group of Persians 
on their return from England. They were the same whom 
Abbas Mirza had sent thither, some years ago, under the care of 
Colonel D’Arcy, to be instructed in various professions and me¬ 
chanical works. Our interview could only be short, and they 
passed on. It was now perfectly dark ; and soon after parting 
with the Anglo-Persians, we had the comfort to lose our way. 
From that hour till midnight, we continued wandering about in 
the piercing cold, turning into every direction but the right; 
when at last, wearied with our fruitless search amidst an endless 
