'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.' [‎51] (86/524)

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by them. The district of Dasti, also along the coast from Bushire to
below Congoon, still remains under their rule: and the Arab Sheik of
Congoon in the adjoining territory, possesses a kind of independance.
At Tauhree, (or Tahrie) a port just below Congoon, are extensive ruins
and sculptures, with the Persepolitan character. The landmarks for
the entrance of the harbour are two large white spots, on the summit of
a mountain, which the people of the country affirm to have been made
by the hand of man; and which, on the same traditional authority, are
said to have been formerly covered with glass. The reflection thus pro
duced by the sun's rays, rendered the object visible to a great distance at
sea, and guided the navigator in safety into the road. Some of the
glass is said to remain at this day. Among the ruins of the city are two
wells pierced to a great depth; and stabling for a hundred horses exca
vated from the solid rock: the existence of these remains, I understand,
Mr. B—k of the E. I. Company's service ascertained himself.
At Kharrack, a place still further in the progress down the Gulph,
between Cape Series and Cape Bust ion, is a town which was once in
the possession of the Danes; and it is singular that the people who
claim a Danish blood are still very fair complexioned, and have light
red hair, which may confirm their traditional accounts of their origin.
The same nation had also an establishment in a deep bay near Mussel-
dom; and the fort exists to this day. On Cape Bust ion there is a mine
of copper, which was formerly worked by the Portuguese: they built
also a fort there, which still exists, but the mine is no longer worked,
and indeed is almost forgotten. Some years ago, Mr. Bruce, the
Assistant Resident at Bushire, was a prisoner among the Arabs on this
part of the coast. He was told, that immediately behind the range of
mountains which lines their shore, there was a river that came from
near Shiraz, and run down to Gombroon; this is, probably, the Bend-
emir, which, according to other accounts, is traced indeed towards Gom-
broon, but there expends itself in the sands. Khoresser is the name of
a small river which falls into the sea nearly under the Asses Ears; and
on the banks of which is situated the town of Tangistoun. At the
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