'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.' [‎402] (485/524)

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NOTES.
Rags on Bushes, p. 230.]—This superstition was noticed in Persia by one of the earliest
travellers, J osaphat B arbaro, 1474, fol. 45, and was explained by him on the principle
that (such was the scarcity of wood in the country) even a bush was a miracle. M.
Change of Names, p. 250.] —The renaming of S hah S effi , who then became S hah
S oleyman , is related fully by C hardin and T avernier ; and in its ceremonies is not
perhaps easily paralleled; but in its essential circumstance, a change of name from a
belief in the unluckiness of the first, it may be supported by an example in our own
history; when J ohn of Scotland took the name of R obert III. (see H enry's History,
vol. viii. 372, from F ordun ;) because the Prince, who had borne the former appellation]
had been unfortunate in the annals of the country. In the family of C atherine de M e-
Dicis; E dward- A lexander became H enry III; H ercules became C harles IX. &c.
See a note in the Life of G ary , Earl of Monmouth, p. 39. The Jews thus changed their
names.
Herrings, p. 231.]—The herrings of the Caspian are described by P. H. B ruce.
Memoirs, p. 261. T ooke speaks of" a fish resembling a herring." C atherine . II.
vol. ii. p. 56.
Coals, p. 231.—M arco P olo speaks of a combustible stone found in China; which is
obviously coal. E bn H aukal mentions in Ferghaneh, " a stone that takes fire and
" burns," p. 250; compare however, p. 272, which seems to imply a more distinct know
ledge of coal.
Demawend, p. 231.] —The distance to which according to the text, it is visible is paral
leled by that at which Sir W m. J ones observed the Chumalury mountains from Bhaugal-
pore. This distance is stated by him at two hundred and forty-four miles; but he adds,
that the object might be seen much further. (Note in Lord T eignmouth's Life of Sir
W m. J ones , p. 253.) Another account gives the first distance from Bhaugalpore at two
hundred and fifty miles. P. H. B ruce , (Memoirs, 282) saw Ararat from Defend at a
distance of at least two hundred and ten geographical miles, equal to more than two
hundred and forty British measure, in a straight line by the compasses on Major R en-
nell's map. E bn H aukal mentions that Demawend may be seen Mty far sang round,
(perhaps one hundred and seventy-five miles.) He adds, « I have not heard that any man
"ever ascended to its summit;" p. 172. H erbert indeed relates his ascent (Travels),
but O livier can describe only an ineffectual endeavour. Tom. v. p. 125, &c. The
difficulties which he encountered, seem to rival those of T ournefort in the attempt to
scale Ararat, Tom. ii. 357, &c. The fable of a plant which tinges the teeth of sheep
with gold, is not confined to Demawend: it is attached to their favourite mountains by
different nations, and may thus be traced to Mount Lebanon; to Mount Elewnd, &c.
and the plant, which is convertible into gold, is found, if an alchemist may be believed, in