GENERAL REGRET FOR HIS LOSS. 
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could not but feel, that no sepulchral monument that ever bore 
the name of Campbell, could cover the ashes of one more 
formed to reflect honour on the illustrious clan from which he 
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sprung. He had scarcely attained his twenty-fifth year, when 
lie bade us and the world farewell; and no European, dying in 
these dominions, probably was ever more deeply regretted by 
the Persians, from the King himself to the humblest of his 
subjects; his kindly disposition having been as prompt, as his 
talents were various ; and therefore powerful to serve, from the 
highest to the lowest rank. The Ivyme Makaum, Mirza 
Bouzoork, whose friendship is not more esteemed from its great 
influence, than for the distinguished nobleness of his character, 
loved Campbell as if he had been his son ; and Abbas Mirza 
held him so near to his heart, that when Captain Willock and 
myself went to him after the sad event, his first words were, 
“ I know not whether to offer my consolations to you for the 
irreparable loss we have sustained, or to ask you to give me 
yours.” 
Above a fortnight elapsed after our friend’s obsequies, before 
the day arrived which had been appointed for the grand horse¬ 
race. During the interval, his Majesty had been fully informed 
of my objects in coming to his country, and in the most gracious 
manner he acceded to all I wished, with regard to visiting the 
interior of his dominions; while the remarks he made on the 
subject, made me often recognise the near affinity between him 
and his son, even more by the similarity of mental intelligence, 
than the general resemblance in their persons. 
But I had yet much to see in the city and its environs, before 
I pursued my journey; and I received facilities from every 
quarter. My old acquaintance, Abul Hassan Khan, whom 1 
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