"رحلة أوترام وهافلوك في بلاد فارس، بقلم النقيب ج. هـ. هانت، ٧٨ هايلاندرز. يوجد في المقدمة ملخص عن التاريخ الفارسي، تقرير عن الاختلافات المتعددة بين إنجلترا وبلاد فارس واستفسار عن أصل الحرب السابقة. بقلم جورج تاونسيند، مؤلف كتاب "ملخص أوروبا الحديثة لراسل"". [‎١‎٢‎٨] (٣٩٠/١٤٩)

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Mr. McNeill was the real cause of the estrange
ment between England and Persia; and as
sured Prince Metternich that he should con
tinue his journey in spite of every obstacle.
Prince Metternich undertook to transmit to
the English government a memorandum
drawn up by the Persian ambassador himself;
and Hoossein Khan at length consented to
wait at Vienna until a reply had been received.
In forwarding this document to M. de Hum-
melauer, for presentation to the English autho
rities, Prince Metternich remarked—" IIoos-
sein Khan gives me the idea of a man gifted
with a large measure of understanding and an
accurate knowledge of the state of affairs in
Europe. He expresses himself very well, and
he could scarcely be better than he is if he
had passed many years in the midst of Chris
tian civilization. I have taken care to give
you exactly the very words he addressed to me,
and which are remarkable for a degree of pre
cision which is scarcely Eastern."
The memorandum was returned by Lord
Palmerston, with the remark that " it is, from
beginning to end, an entire perversion and