Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . m who has made the pilgrimageto Meshad, if not to Mecca. In practice, however, it is oftenapplied loosely, like our colonel, major, or professor, and fre-quently has little more dignity than the colloquial Americanboss. Yet Meshadi, Husein, or whatever his name maybe,is probably a tall, dignified individual, often handsome, withrather fine features, a chiselled nose, and a broad foreheadsurmounted by a high Persian cap. In his veins still flowssome of the blood that made great the race
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . m who has made the pilgrimageto Meshad, if not to Mecca. In practice, however, it is oftenapplied loosely, like our colonel, major, or professor, and fre-quently has little more dignity than the colloquial Americanboss. Yet Meshadi, Husein, or whatever his name maybe,is probably a tall, dignified individual, often handsome, withrather fine features, a chiselled nose, and a broad foreheadsurmounted by a high Persian cap. In his veins still flowssome of the blood that made great the race of Cyrus; but heis slow, frequently shiftless, at the same time generally pos-sessed of an eye to the main chance, but always kindly in hisquiet way. The camel-drivers are already up and starting before day-light. It is high time to be off. The dull dong, dong—notding, dong, for there is no variety — coming from the hugebells attached to the dromedaries and mules, tells that the cara-van-train, or Persias Twentieth Century Express, is on themove. But he who wishes to travel fast, as there are no 108. B ?:- a ::
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