'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.' [‎228] (301/524)

288 TEHERAN.
at 51° Fahrenheit, On the 10th, throughout the whole day, there
was much snow; indeed on the following morning, when the thmuo-
meter was at 47°, the heat of the sun produced a paitial thaw which
was succeeded by a frost so sharp, that before the closeof the day, aft
officer of the suite, who weighed fourteen stone, was able to walk and
slide upon a square reservoir before K/toniA, even ffi W gk
the surface had been already broken at one corner. The fell, of snow,
was aseasonable supply of moisture to
been without any. On the new moon of March (the, 15th of the
month) the rain begun, and for some days contmued regularly, deanng
up about four or five hours before sunset, and gathenng agam at
nkht From the height of the walls which surrounded us and the
want of weathercocks or chimnies, I could collect but nn,Krfectly the.
quarter of the wind; but, as far as I could judge, it, wa,
from the S.E. There is a wind sometimes rushing from th^ Albores
on the N. of the bleakness of which the natives speak with dread.
From the 23d March (the first quarter of the moon) we had the true
ethereal mildness of spring, with light breezes from the westward m
the evening. Vegetation was making rapid advances: the rose-trees
in the court of our house were already green, and the ctoars had just
begun to bud. The snow on the was diminishing fast; and
the weather generally, which sometimes lowered and then brightened
up, was that of an English spring. The thermometer was abou
to 64°, but in the middle of the day it reached 75°, and the heat in
the close streets of the town was very sensible. In the first week of
April the mornings were beautiful; but about noon a hot wind set m
from the S. E. which increased towards the evening, and died away
at night. About the second week the weather became cooler, tvery
thing was in high foliage, and all our horses were at grass. The^hea
was then becoming great : oa the 19th the thermometer was _at 82
the shade, and at night we had thunder and hghtnmg with a thick haze
over the Albores. On the 21st the temperature, which in the interval