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the old jackall (to whose well-known hard and griping nature, 
I doubt not, these denials may, from the first, be attributed), on 
his return to the ancient capital, exaggerated an accidental loss 
of his own, namely, a worn-out baroony (or cloak) and a pair of 
riding breeches, into a property worth several hundred tomauns, 
which he accused these people of stealing also. The wrath 
was now great against this poor village; the mehmandar him¬ 
self was sent with a party of horsemen to collect the fine of 
punishment; and he told me, with a grin, that he took care to 
squeeze out an additional hundred tomauns for himself, and 
thirty for each of his armed companions. 
What European could listen to these details, without internally 
drawing a parallel between the state of what are called the 
people, in the kingdoms of Christendom, and the situation of 
those beyond its pale ? For, whatever may be the comparative 
difference in the several political constitutions of Europe, the 
spirit of their common faith infuses itself amongst them all; and 
a certain principle of equal justice is, consequently, found to 
modify the most arbitrary. But a man must travel in the East, 
to fully understand this, and, therefore, to be sufficiently grateful 
for his happier destiny. 
June 4th. We left our quarters this morning at 5 o’clock. 
Our road lay in a direction from south 14° to 20° east, along the 
valley of Mayar, which increased in width as we advanced. 
Having travelled about two farsangs, we passed a walled mill; 
leaving it on our left, where we entered on a succession of de¬ 
tached and rocky hills, possessing a very ill name as the lurking- 
places of robbers from the higher mountains. We traversed 
them, however, in safety ; and then pursued our way over a flat 
and excellent road, situated at a distance of nearly two miles 
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