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RETURN TO INDIA.
CHAP. XVI.
followed the bent of my inclinations; since I after-
wards found that I had been summoned to Europe
from that city. I felt, however, that the objects of
the journey had been accomplished, and it only re-
mained for me to return to India, and arrange the
materials which I had gathered. I therefore quitted
Tehran on the 1st of November, and freely admit
that I did so with regret, after a ten days' enjoy-
ment of the friendly society which I had met.
On my way to the coast, I took the route of
Isfahan and Shiraz to Bushire, and viewed by the
way the tomb of Cyrus, and those imperishable
remnants of antiquity, the ruins of Persepolis.
This route and country have been too often described
to require even a passing remark; nor do I offer to
present my views and picture of the inhabitants,
after the inimitable sketches that have appeared in
Hajji Baba, which, with a due deduction for the
thread of the tale, appeared to me both just and
correct. I have since perused Mr. Fraser's Travels
in this country, and venture to record, as far as I
am able to judge, that they contain the most faithful
account of Persia which has been publised in modern
times. Were the facts and opinions which have
been recorded by that able and intelligent traveller
more generally received, we should have ere this
come to more correct notions of the weak state and
tottering condition of this empire, and a juster ap-
preciation of its small weight and influence in the
scale of nations.
At Bushire, I found that Mr. Blane, the resident
in the Gulf of Persia, had kindly delayed the de-
RETURN TO INDIA.
CHAP. XVI.
followed the bent of my inclinations; since I after-
wards found that I had been summoned to Europe
from that city. I felt, however, that the objects of
the journey had been accomplished, and it only re-
mained for me to return to India, and arrange the
materials which I had gathered. I therefore quitted
Tehran on the 1st of November, and freely admit
that I did so with regret, after a ten days' enjoy-
ment of the friendly society which I had met.
On my way to the coast, I took the route of
Isfahan and Shiraz to Bushire, and viewed by the
way the tomb of Cyrus, and those imperishable
remnants of antiquity, the ruins of Persepolis.
This route and country have been too often described
to require even a passing remark; nor do I offer to
present my views and picture of the inhabitants,
after the inimitable sketches that have appeared in
Hajji Baba, which, with a due deduction for the
thread of the tale, appeared to me both just and
correct. I have since perused Mr. Fraser's Travels
in this country, and venture to record, as far as I
am able to judge, that they contain the most faithful
account of Persia which has been publised in modern
times. Were the facts and opinions which have
been recorded by that able and intelligent traveller
more generally received, we should have ere this
come to more correct notions of the weak state and
tottering condition of this empire, and a juster ap-
preciation of its small weight and influence in the
scale of nations.
At Bushire, I found that Mr. Blane, the resident
in the Gulf of Persia, had kindly delayed the de-