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CITY OF MESHID.
CHAP. XIV,
The inundation had, however, filled this extensive
caravansary, and we were necessitated to seek for
an abode in a humbler place, which we found hard
by.
The Prince Royal of Persia, Abbas Meerza, was
now in the neighbourhood of Meshid ; and though
this country had been visited by few Europeans,
we knew that there were British officers in his
Royal Highness's service. I lost no time, therefore,
in despatching an express to the camp, which was
about a hundred miles distant: but we were agree-
ably surprised to receive a polite message from
Mrs. Shee, the lady of Captain Shee, who was then
in Meshid; and it was equally pleasing to have it
conveyed by a messenger who spoke our own lan-
guage, one of the Serjeants of the Prince's army.
During our stay in Meshid, we found ourselves
more comfortable than since we had left India, and
experienced many acts of civility and attention.
We gladly changed the barbarous custom of eating
with our hands; and, though our fair hostess was
a Georgian, who only spoke Persian, we fancied
ourselves once more among the society of our
country.
I was soon astir to see the city of Meshid ; and
first visited the ark, or citadel, where I was sud-
denly surprised by the presence of Khoosrou Meerza,
the son of the Prince, and the young man who had
been deputed to St. Petersburg on the massacre of
the Russian ambassador, now the acting governor
of Meshid, while his father kept the field. He ap-
peared to have profited by his journey to Europe,
CITY OF MESHID.
CHAP. XIV,
The inundation had, however, filled this extensive
caravansary, and we were necessitated to seek for
an abode in a humbler place, which we found hard
by.
The Prince Royal of Persia, Abbas Meerza, was
now in the neighbourhood of Meshid ; and though
this country had been visited by few Europeans,
we knew that there were British officers in his
Royal Highness's service. I lost no time, therefore,
in despatching an express to the camp, which was
about a hundred miles distant: but we were agree-
ably surprised to receive a polite message from
Mrs. Shee, the lady of Captain Shee, who was then
in Meshid; and it was equally pleasing to have it
conveyed by a messenger who spoke our own lan-
guage, one of the Serjeants of the Prince's army.
During our stay in Meshid, we found ourselves
more comfortable than since we had left India, and
experienced many acts of civility and attention.
We gladly changed the barbarous custom of eating
with our hands; and, though our fair hostess was
a Georgian, who only spoke Persian, we fancied
ourselves once more among the society of our
country.
I was soon astir to see the city of Meshid ; and
first visited the ark, or citadel, where I was sud-
denly surprised by the presence of Khoosrou Meerza,
the son of the Prince, and the young man who had
been deputed to St. Petersburg on the massacre of
the Russian ambassador, now the acting governor
of Meshid, while his father kept the field. He ap-
peared to have profited by his journey to Europe,