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'Through Persia on a side-saddle' [‎67] (98/360)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (313 pages). It was created in 1901. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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TO THE GOAL OF OUR JOURNEY VIA YE ZD 67
soldiers rode out to guide us in, a necessary precaution, as
the ground was intersected with irrigation channels, now
of considerable depth, and every here and there were large
holes filled up with water and having a most deceptive
appearance. As we splashed along to the gateway of the
town, where a great crowd was assembled to welcome
the Consul, I confess I felt somewhat nervous lest my
floundering horse should finally roll over and deposit me
in the mire, which would be a by no means dignified
entrance.
A loud salaam resounded from hundreds of throats, and
hundreds of eyes fixed themselves in one concentrated
stare upon us (on these occasions I always used to wonder
what sort of an impression we made upon the aborigines !),
while a huge grey monkey, led with a chain, made obeis
ances in fine style; and the usual squalid guard presented
arms and fell into rank, marching before us to our quarters,
some rooms open on all sides to the air in a swampy garden.
We put up our tents inside the rooms, and when we had
settled in, our Yezd acquaintance arrived to dinner, as the
floods had delayed him on his journey to Kerman. He
told us that from the roof of the Bahramabad caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
he had seen houses collapsing one after the other around
him, and the drainage channel was turned into a roaring
torrent some thirty yards wide, sweeping away everything
in its course.
Next morning deputations of Parsees and Hindoos came
to call on my brother, and the Governor arrived later to
pay his respects, all bringing offerings of lambs, sweet
meats, and loaves of sugar, gifts which are somewhat of
the nature of white elephants to their recipients, who are
obliged to give about double their value in money to the

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Through Persia on a side-saddle.

With an introduction by Major-General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid, CB, KCSI.

Author: Ella C Sykes

Publication details: London, John Macqueen, 1901.

Physical description: xvi, 313 p; 8º.

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1 volume (313 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings ans page references. There is also a list of illustrations giving titles and page references.

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Dimensions: 225mm x 150mm

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