. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . THE CITY OF KUM 415 To transport me to Teheran I found that a so-called dili-gence could be procured as a substitute for the wretched cartI had used all day. I felt happy when I heard at midnight theannouncement that it was ready (hdzir)^ but in spite of thisassurance another hour was wasted before the horses werehitched and the rumbling vehicle rolled to the door. It wasa ramshackle conveyance, threatening each moment to fall topieces, but deserving, I suppose, the respect due to adv
. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . THE CITY OF KUM 415 To transport me to Teheran I found that a so-called dili-gence could be procured as a substitute for the wretched cartI had used all day. I felt happy when I heard at midnight theannouncement that it was ready (hdzir)^ but in spite of thisassurance another hour was wasted before the horses werehitched and the rumbling vehicle rolled to the door. It wasa ramshackle conveyance, threatening each moment to fall topieces, but deserving, I suppose, the respect due to advancedage. Despite the discomfort of my cramped position and thedistressingly raw rainy weather, I managed to fall asleep, andI slept during most of the journey of twenty hours, until, aboutnine in the evening, after seven days travelling from Yezd, wearrived at Teheran. A note of the itinerary of the journeymay be of some interest. ITINERARY FROM YEZD TO TEHERANWednesday, Mat 13, 1903 FAK8AKH8 MILES leave Yezd Pass Gabar Dakhmah -^ . j_ , ,1- Hojatabad 4 arr.
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