Across coveted lands : or, A journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, overland . Wid^ y ^ -r-J *- .\*^ =. XII A THIRD DESERT iii considering the difficulties encountered. Thereis also a Persian postal service of some sort,but unfortunate is the person who rashly entrustsletters to it. Even the Persian officials themselvesprefer to use the English post. The Russianshave established a similar service from theirfrontier to Sistan, but it does not run so making up a second caravan in a hurrywas no easy matter, but eventually I was able topersuade one of the men who had accompani
Across coveted lands : or, A journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, overland . Wid^ y ^ -r-J *- .\*^ =. XII A THIRD DESERT iii considering the difficulties encountered. Thereis also a Persian postal service of some sort,but unfortunate is the person who rashly entrustsletters to it. Even the Persian officials themselvesprefer to use the English post. The Russianshave established a similar service from theirfrontier to Sistan, but it does not run so making up a second caravan in a hurrywas no easy matter, but eventually I was able topersuade one of the men who had accompaniedme across the Salt Desert to procure fresh camelsand convey me there. This he did, and after ahalt of three days we were on the road again tocross our third desert between Birjand and Sistan,a distance of some 210 miles. CHAPTER XIII Departure from Birjand—A cloud like a skeleton hand—Adownpour—The village of Muht—A ruined fortress—Abeautiful sunset—A pass—Besieged by native callers—Two towers at Golandeh—Strayed—Curious pits—Sahlabad—The impression of a foreign bed—Fujiamastw
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