'A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.' [‎13] (48/524)

BOMBAY TO BUSHIRE.
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embarking in their own boat, and who unluckily found themselves under
the muzzles of the guns, where they were involved in clouds of smoke,
with the wads whistling close to their ears. We at length reached the
landing place; an immense crowd was assembled to await our
debarkation. The Sheik had collected all the soldiery of the town to
escort us to his house; and in the moment of our touching the shore, the
whole mob was put in motion, raising a dust so thick that I could scarce
distinguish Englishman from Asiatic. To add to the denseness of
the atmosphere, the boats, which were close to the beach, commenced
a salute; which was immediately answered by a range of guns on the
coast. The whole procession was obliged to pass in the immediate
rear of these guns as they were firing, though they appeared so old
and honey-combed, that I feared they must have burst before the
honours were over. We proceeded in a cloud of dust, and through
streets six feet wide to the Sheik's house, and at length entered it by a
door so mean and ill-looking, that it might more properly have formed
the entrance to his stable. This door introduced us into a small court
yard, on one side of which was an apartment where we seated ourselves
on chairs placed on purpose for us. A Persian visit, when the guest is
a distinguished personage, generally consists of three acts: first, the
Jcaleoun, or water pipe, and coffee; second, a kaleoun, and sweet coffee
(so called from its being a composition of rose-water and sugar); and
third, a kaleoun by itself. Sweetmeats are frequently introduced as a
finale. As I shall have many better opportunities of describing all the
ceremonies of these occasions, it is sufficient to add at present, that we
performed the three above acts, and then mounted our horses for Mr.
B ruce's house in the country.
Part of the same armed rabble, which had escorted us from the boat
to the Sheik's house, attended us to the Factory An East India Company trading post. . These soldiers are the
militia of the place, and serve without pay. They even find their own
arms, which consist of a matchlock, a sword, and a shield that is slung
behind their back. They consist of working men attached to different
trades, for we discovered the dyer by the black hue of his hands, the