"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"". [‎٣‎٢‎٨] (٣٩٠/٣٦٣)

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A VISIT
would doubtless as little bear comparison with
those of our own fair maids as the flowers and
fruit with their English namesakes.
The hummums are numerous, and nearly
always crowded. At any of these, the luxury
[query infliction) of being steamed, suffocated,
scraped, lathered, scalded, beaten, jumped
upon, dashed into a state of syncope with icy
water, and then left in a most favourable con
dition for catching cold, may be enjoyed at
very moderate expense, save of constitution, at
any hour of the day. Some of these establish
ments were very luxuriously fitted up, and the
number of listless, effeminate-looking men,
smoking and dozing for hours on the ottomans
—as though such were the only business of
their lives—too faithfully told the tale of a
declining, feeble, and worthless race.
The crescent that once menaced Europe, is a
waning moon indeed now; though half the
world will be shaken by another bloody war—
in all probability—before nations decide what
standard shall replace it.
Despatches having arrived from England,
with which we were to return to camp, our