'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.' [‎280] (359/524)

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TABRIZ.
" whether, if they had grown up to man's estate, they would have
<c proved good servants to their country/'
The Prince is remarkable also for the plainness of his dress; he
never wears any thing more than a coat of common Kerhas (a strong
cotton cloth) and a plain shawl round his waist. Whenever he sees
any officers of his court in fine laced or brocade clothes, he asks them,
" What is the use of all this finery. Instead of this gold and tinsel,
" why not buy yourself a good horse, a good sword, a good gun; this
66 flippery belongs to women, not to one, who calls himself a man
« and a soldier." He inspects himself all the detail of his troops, their
arms, horses, and accoutrements, adopting those that appear to him fit
for use, and rejecting those that are below his standard. The Governor
of the city, who related these traits to me, had in his house at the time
two hundred muskets, which the Prince refused out of two thousand,
that had been sent to him from Teheran, having himself examined every
single gun, and tried every lock. He is said also to be extremely
liberal to his troops, and to give all his money among them.
When I asked the Governor, if Messrs. Jouannin and Nerciat,
of the French Embassy, (who had arrived a few days before us, and
whom I overtook at Tabriz) had as yet departed, he replied that they
were gone. When he came back to me in the evening, he told me
that they were not. He added, that on appearing before the Prince
in the morning, he had related my question and his own answer; on
which the Prince exclaimed, "You told him that they were gone 1
" How could you tell him such a falsehood; I will not allow any of my
" servants to speak an untruth—Go and tell him that they are not
" gone/' It appeared that the Governor had been really mistaken in
his first report.
The Governor talked also of his Prince's horsemanship, and skill in
the chase, which were unequalled. He told me that at full gallop the
Prince could shoot a deer with a single ball, or with the arrow from
his bow, hit a bird on the wing. He combines indeed the three great