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the Bridge at Ispahan, in Chapter XT.; and the Georgian
Minstrels and Baluchis, in Chapter X1L, are from photo
graphs. The rest are from original drawings, of which
the Bastinado and Travelling Chapar are by Captain
W. H. Pierson, R.E., to whom is due also the design on
the title-page; Demavend, Mian-Kothal, and Besitun
are by Major Bateman-Champain ; and others are by
kind friends, the omission of whose names will not lead
them to suppose that their favours are unappreciated
or forgotten.
Yet one word more; last in order, but not least
important in any sense,—the author would express his
great and heartfelt obligations to I\[ajor-Gener{\l Sii
William Baker, R.E., K.C.B., to Mr. William Thornton,
C.B., and those authorities at the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. who have
afforded him the same steady aid and support in the
matter of this book, as in that of his telegraph super
intendence generally : a support which has comprehended
the sacrifice of time and convenience, and the investi
gation of dry detail. And he gladly takes the present
opportunity of warmly thanking his successor and late
coadjutor. Major Bateman-Champain, R.E., and his late
coadjutors and companions, Major Oliver St. John, and
Captain William Henry Pierson, R.E., for their original
and valuable drawings, and other assistance rendered to
him in preparing his volume for the press. He is also
much indebted, for a readily-given and efficient revi
sion of parts of his book, to ]Major-General Sir Arnold
Kemball, C.B., K.C.S.T., to Lieutenant Stiffe, I.N., and