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'Through Persia on a side-saddle' [‎216] (251/360)

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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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216 THROUGH PERSIA ON A SIDE-SADDLE
I found hard to understand, his total lack of teeth
making his articulation far from distinct, so it was some
what a relief when the band played Persian and Turkish
airs. Some were sadly out of time and tune, giving me
sensations as of a slate-pencil dragged across a slate, but
I fancied that the defective light must have had some
thing to do with the plentiful discords, a charitable idea
of which I was disabused later on. Our servants had
been requisitioned to do the waiting, as the Assad-i-
Dowleh considered that his own were too uncivilised to
understand European requirements, and Hashim was
quite in his element on this occasion, treating our host
with a benevolent patronage, the two having colloquies
about every dish with which the Governor was unfamiliar.
He wanted to try everything, but explained to Hashim that
he was toothless, asking his opinion as to whether he
could eat this or that, and much shocked our factotum
by insisting on drinking Worcester sauce in a wineglass.
Hashim remonstrated with him, but the old gentleman
was not to be dissuaded from his purpose. Turning to
the table he said frankly that he had so much enjoyed it
when poured over his meat at our party, that he wanted
to have it in larger quantities, reminding me of the story
of the farmei at a tenants' dinner who was so much
pleased with his thimbleful of liqueur, that he asked the
footman to supply him with some of the same drink in
'a mug'!
When the champagne was opened (we always kept this
for Persian dinners, as my brother knew from his former
experiences how highly it and the toasts we were in the
habit of connecting with it were appreciated), the Assad-i.
Dowleh quite won my heart by sending a message to

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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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English in Latin script
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