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'Through Persia on a side-saddle' [‎82] (113/360)

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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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82
THROUGH PERSIA ON A SIDE-SADDLE
disappeared in an unaccountable manner, and I have reason
to believe they were used as dishcloths, while all my neat
English dusters vanished very speedily, the servants em
ploying them for their own purposes and seldom for my
work.
Hashim was in charge of our weekly supply of coffee,
tea, and sugar, and he and I had many a discussion over
the quantities required of these two latter articles, as our
opinions on this point were widely divergent I must, how
ever, do him the justice to say that he invariably gave in
with a good grace when he perceived that I was inexor
able.
He was also entrusted to purchase our daily supply of
bread, as the syce, being a Hindustani, was ignorant of the
different kinds. We paid the highest price for bread, i.e.,
4|d. for 6| lbs. of the thin brown cakes which go by that
name in Persia, and always disliked the sort with which
Hashim provided us, but never suspected that Kerman
could produce anything better.
One day one of our visitors remarked to Nasrullah Khan
that he wondered at the Consul liking to eat the common
bread given out as rations to the soldiers, and which cost
about half what we were paying! A storm broke forthwith
on our waiter's head, and henceforth our ' staff of life' was
of a very different quality!
We found our Persian servants, from highest to lowest,
afflicted with an incurable laziness, and although we had
over a dozen men to minister to our various wants, yet
three or four good English servants would have done all the
work they did and a great deal more besides. They were
quick-witted and pleasant-mannered ; but after a while the
ready answer of' Bali, bali, Khanum' or ' Chashm, Ckashm,

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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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