'The dynasty of the Kajars translated from the original Persian manuscript presented by His Majesty Faty Aly Shah to Sir Harford Jones Brydges ... to which is prefixed a succinct account of the history of Persia previous to that period illustarted with plates and a map of Western Persia' [‎164] (185/684)

c l x i v preliminary matter.
purpose of procuring a return ol the killed and
wounded. This return contained—killed, none;
wounded, a mule, not dangerously; three yekdoons
or trunks, surface wounds.
On expressing my surprise to the muleteer at the
very favourable contents of this return, considering
the very sharp and quick fire we had gone through,
I also asked him if he could account for it. He
said: " In the first place, the light we are travelling
" by is very deceitful: in the next place, a noise
" made in this pass is very strangely echoed; and
" I have no doubt, therefore, that some ot the noises
" we made, appeared to our enemies to come fiom
" behind them, and no man shoots very steadily when
" he thinks there is somebody behind him to return
" the shot: but the principal cause of our good for-
« tune is this ; the fellows placed to intercept us use
" matchlocks, which are commonly some time m
" taking fire after the match is conveyed to the pan,
" so that, as we were moving pretty fast, we ha
" got out of the aim taken before the piece was dis-
" charged." This appeared to me a very rationa
method of accounting for our having escaped so we 1.
On arriving in the Plain of Kemaredge, inte ■
gence, to my great joy, was brought, that the king
had the day before arrived in the Plain oi Kesht,
which we also reached early in the evening. e
pitched our little encampment about a mile and a
half from the village or hamlet of Kesht; and I sent
to Zal Khan, to inform him of my arrival, and o
beg that it might be made known to the king,
was not long before I received a message from his ma
jesty, desiring me to come to him as soon as possi) e-