. Narrative of the Euphrates expedition : carried on by order of the British government during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837. . gation, and resumed myBand-i- journey by land, reaching the ferry across the river at Band-i-kir about noon next Here I discovered, to my cost, that my escort had eJcort. come with an object of their own. Whilst waitingfor the ferry-boat under the shade of a carob-tree,they decamped, taking with them my pistols, andpart of my clothes, containing my supply of position on reaching the town, under these cir-cumstances, was not very enviable ; but at l
. Narrative of the Euphrates expedition : carried on by order of the British government during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837. . gation, and resumed myBand-i- journey by land, reaching the ferry across the river at Band-i-kir about noon next Here I discovered, to my cost, that my escort had eJcort. come with an object of their own. Whilst waitingfor the ferry-boat under the shade of a carob-tree,they decamped, taking with them my pistols, andpart of my clothes, containing my supply of position on reaching the town, under these cir-cumstances, was not very enviable ; but at length, byleaving some of my wearing-apparel as security forsinister, payment, I obtained horses to take me to Sinister thenext day. Here I took up my quarters in the GreatKhan. My letter of credit enabled me to obtaina sufficient supply to pay for the horses and releasemy clothes; but beyond this there was a great diffi-culty about money, and I had to give up my watchin order to obtain a very small immediate supply ofcash. The city, however, was free from plague, andafter a few days delay my financial difficulties were all. - CITY OF SHUSTER. 97 relieved by the kindness of the governor,* who also chap. VI. allotted to me a surdab, or underground apartment, ? ,—- where I was enabled to carry on my work of laying Map of thedown a map of the river with comparatively little in- a< lovvn. convenience from the great heat. The town of Shuster,however, did not furnish any kind of table; but thelid of the map case, and parts of the tent-poles, puttogether by a Persian carpenter, answered the work went on uninterruptedly until June 2, when a•map of the lower part of the Euphrates (on a scale of two Map of theinches to a mile) was forwarded, through Major Taylor, Euphratesto our ambassador at Constantinople, Sir Eobert Gordon. sent home I had to wait at Shuster for the departure of thecaravan for Kermanshah, and was thus enabled, afterdespatching my map to England, to se
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