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PREFACE. 
able father of this branch of geography in England, his approval 
would be one of the highest gratifications the compiler of these 
maps could receive; while he hopes their minute details may 
smooth the way to future travellers. 
This volume ends at the termination of the author’s journey 
through Persia Proper. The next will comprise Babylonia, 
Kourdistan, and those other countries of the empire, which 
formed the subject of so many pages of deep interest in the 
old histories of the East, whether by classic or native writers. 
Specimens of the antiquities which the author brought from 
those countries, he has deposited in different museums; but 
chiefly in those of the united kingdoms under the sceptre of his 
own sovereign ; the British Museum, Edinburgh, and Dublin. 
All his coins, which are numerous, though rare, are yet in his 
own possession. 
It were an endless task to make his acknowledgments to every 
person, who, from his first setting out, till his return to his 
country, facilitated his pursuits, and was hospitable to him in 
his travels. A few names he has mentioned in this way, in the 
course of his journal; and even those, a friend, in casting his 
eye over the MSS., pronounced to be too many; adding, that 
a succession of encomiums might be deemed more than natural. 
But, if the reader will recollect that these persons are mostly 
stationed in new establishments, where power must be main¬ 
tained by the best talents; and that such ministers, when found, 
