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lations, but of European roads and equipages, particularly where 
the softer sex were concerned, I could not but admire the manly 
spectacle of a great Prince, sharing every personal hardship, with 
the very meanest of his attendants, which rigorous skies and the 
most rugged paths could inflict. 
We continued our march, this day, along the plain in the same 
direction with our route of yesterday; and passed a second pic¬ 
turesque caravansary, abandoned to decay, which stood on the 
side of a gentle acclivity, mingling its fallen arches with the grey 
rocks; the slanted beams of the wintry sun tinging them with a 
pale and cheerless light. An hour’s further travel brought us 
in sight of a third caravansary ; but this was in full preserv¬ 
ation, very ample in its dimensions, and sheltered within a 
hollow of the plain. A little mountain-stream ran close by its 
towers. They were strong, and in perfect repair. Every thing 
was provided within, for the accommodation of the traveller. A 
blacksmith, with his forge, and all necessary implements, and a 
shop or warehouse, containing various articles likely to be re¬ 
quired. It was the first establishment of the kind I had seen in 
Persia; and I stopped to compare it with others I had occupied on 
the other side of the frontiers. The examination was certainly in 
favour of the Persian; and I could not deny myself the pleasure 
of telling the Prince so, in the course of our conversation that 
day. To flatter men in their selfish pursuits, is one thing; to 
praise them for attention to public benefit, is another; and as 
the seed is sown, so will the harvest grow. 
As we proceeded, we left the village of Tickmadash on our 
right. It is one of the regular posts for travellers from Tabreez 
to Teheran; but our quarters for the night were to be at Ama- 
dabad, which we reached after a march of six hours. It stands 
