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in particular, has been so free from any disasters of the kind, 
that it is said, a traveller may now pass, at any time, on the high 
roads from Tabreez to the capital of Persia, and thence to Ispa¬ 
han, in almost perfect safety. Mr. Browne depending, doubtless, 
on this known fact of security, as well as being too indifferent to 
the usual forms of proceeding, declined the attendance of a 
mehmandar, which the king had graciously offered to him in 
person. When His Majesty was informed of the melancholy 
story, he declared a great indignation against so bold an insult to 
his law ; but he also intimated his disapprobation of Mr. Brotone 
having refused the customary protection proposed; and indeed 
it is probable, that the presence of a regular Persian officer, 
appointed by the crown, would have prevented the whole affair. 
Before I leave this subject, so lasting a cause of lamentation 
to his countrymen, and to the learned world, I cannot forbear 
offering two observations, that may be useful to travellers in 
strange countries. First, never to adopt the entire costume of 
any nation but his own ; for, by so doing, he deprives himself 
of the safe conduct bestowed from respect to his country ; and 
he loses all claim to the rights of hospitality, by assuming a 
character that he is not. There is nothing so dangerous to a 
man in a foreign country, as to affect mystery, and awaken sus¬ 
picion. My second observation would suggest the propriety 
of a traveller never trusting his life within the protection of 
one man alone. In case of an assault from numbers, a single 
auxiliary would be no defence; and sometimes, that single arm, 
in a moment of temptation and opportunity, might be found too 
strong for an unguarded master. Nothing of this kind, however, 
can be charged on the faithful servant of Mr. Browne; and, 
mysterious as the circumstances are, it is sufficiently evident. 
