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'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.' [‎64] (101/524)

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64 RESIDENCE OF THE MISSION AT BUSHIRE.
often admired the courage and dexterity with which the Persian
Jelowdars or grooms throw themselves into the thickest engagement of
angry horses; and, in defiance of the kicks and bites around them, con
trive to separate them.
The Resident's stud consists of about twenty horses, mules, and
asses; eight of the horses belong to the East India Company, and are
principally employed in carrying choppers or couriers to Shiraz. These
are obliged however to be renewed very frequently, because one such
journey generally destroys the animal that performs it; so difficult are
the passes of the mountains, and so unmerciful are the riders.
They have in Persia a very large and ferocious dog, called the kofla
dog, from his being the watchful and faithful companion of the kofla or
caravan. Each muleteer has his dog, and so correct is the animal s
knowledge of the mules that belong to his master, that he will discover
those that have strayed, and will bring them back to their associates;
and on the other hand, when at night the whole caravan stops, and the
mules are parcelled in square lots, the guardian dog will permit no
strange mule to join the party under his charge, or to encroach upon
their ground. His strength and his ferocity are equal to his intelli
gence and watchfulness.
We chased one day a large white fox. They prey about the open
country round Bushire in great numbers, for the natives do not destroy
them with all the zeal of Englishmen. The wild animals of the Dash-
tisian are the wolf, the hyaena, the fox, the porcupine, the mangousti,
the antelope, the wild boar, the jerboa, and sometimes the wild goat.
The mountains of the Dashtistan have also the lion, and he has been
known to descend into the plain. On the 12th December, Captain
D avis, of the Sapphire, shot two cormorants out of a flock that were
squatted on a tree. Partridges also have been seen to settle in the same
situation. The hawks, which are used in hunting, are the cherk, the
balhan, and the shahein.
We set off on the 29th of November, before sun-rise, to hunt with

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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.

Publication Details: London : Longman, 1812.

Physical Description: xvi. 438 p. ; 4º.

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'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.' [‎64] (101/524), British Library: Printed Collections, W 2806, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023686206.0x000066> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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