Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . ofRubinstein or a symphony of Beethoven. Apropos of song, Iasked the company if they knew the story of Shirin and hersculptor-lover Farhad, so beautifully told by Nizami.^ Severalknew it well and recited portions both in Persian and Turkish. It was past midnight when the company broke up for thenight and I found that I was to be one of five to occupy therough-raftered, mud-walled room. I felt that I was in MediaPast, for the Avesta presumes a condition of society in whicha number shall
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . ofRubinstein or a symphony of Beethoven. Apropos of song, Iasked the company if they knew the story of Shirin and hersculptor-lover Farhad, so beautifully told by Nizami.^ Severalknew it well and recited portions both in Persian and Turkish. It was past midnight when the company broke up for thenight and I found that I was to be one of five to occupy therough-raftered, mud-walled room. I felt that I was in MediaPast, for the Avesta presumes a condition of society in whicha number shall occupy the same room, since it speaks of menlying down to rest in the same place, on a rug together, ora pillow together, whether there be two men by one another,or five, or fifty.^ The preparation of the natives for retiringconsisted chiefly in loosening their belts and curling themselvesup under a blanket, resting then undisturbed until the timecame to give a shake, like a dog, in the morning. Three of theparty who had not yet gone to bed remained squatting near1 See pp. 188, 226. 2 Vd. 6. 27 = 7. A ( OF Ukl :^I1AJI
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