"جولة إلى شيراز عبر طريق كازرون وفيروز آباد مع ملاحظات متعددة حول سلوك الفُرس، عاداتهم، قوانينهم، لغتهم، وأدبهم، أُضيف إليها تاريخ بلاد فارس من موت كريم خان إلى سقوط سلالة زند" [‎٤‎٥] (٣٦٢/٦٩)

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the most magnificent apartments. Their houses are terraced,1 for
the purpose of sleeping on in the warm weather; a practice in
variably observed by the Persians during the summer months.
This is thought to be very prejudicial to health: I followed their
example, and, although the dews (particularly at Bushire) are very
heavy, I did not suffer in the least from them.
The houses in Sheeraz are built of brick; but, as the mortar they
use is exceedingly bad, they are obliged to cover the face of the
building with plaister of mud, chopped straw, and cow dung. The
appearance which this gives, often makes you suspect that the
building is only of mud.
The baths in Persia are very magnificent, and you are admitted
to the convenience of them for a trifling sum.* They are in
common use by every description of persons, and often afford a
large fund of merriment to the unmarried persons who frequent
them. The baths are open to the women as well as the men; five
days are allotted to the latter, and only two to the former.
The first room you enter is the place where you undress, smoke,
talk, and hear the news of the day. The next room is the bath,
the floor of which is marble stone, &c. and which is heated by
means of the flues, which communicate with the fire that boils the
water. The operation of bathing takes up nearly an hour, and
dyeing the beard, the hands, and feet as long a time. All the
Persians dye their beards black, although it is naturally of that
colour, to the great indignation and contempt of the Turks. The
Persians, from a principle of cleanliness, either shave or burn away
all the hair on their bodies. The composition they use for this
purpose, is a certain proportion of quick lime and orpiment (or
Zarnich-f) mixed together. It is a very dangerous mixture, for if
you do not wash it away as the hair begins to fall, you are often
* At the most two-pence.
f The real orpiment, as well as Zurnich, is called by the Persians Zurnekh.