'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [‎112] (143/582)

2j2 description of kermanshah,
to some, and the thick bushy masses of a stiffer kind an aspect of
ferocity to others; while the sameness of colour in their dresses,
which are either of a dull green or blue, with the absence of rich
shawls, bright shalloons, gilded and silver arms, &c. make the
inhabitants of the town look much inferior to the strangers there.
The Koordish peasants have conical caps, and short jackets of
thick white woollen. The Arabs are mostly from Bagdad, and
dress as they do there. The Shooster people wear turbans formed
of a brown cotton shawl, crossed with white, and amply folded
round the head, while one end is suffered to hang loosely behind,
something like the white turban of the Arabs of Yemen. The
Persian women, of whom we saw remarkably few, were all closely
veiled by a white cloth, tied over the forehead and hanging low
down on the breast, with a grating work of hollow thread before
the eyes, and the great outer cloth or scarf, of checked blue cotton,
as in Egypt.
The people on the whole, however, seemed to be exceedingly
polite among themselves, and courteous towards strangers, inge
nious in the exercise of their respective trades, quick of appre
hension, full of industry, and intent on their respective affairs of
business.
Sept. 17th.—We were occupied during the first hours of the
morning in preparation for departure from Kermanshah by such
occasion as might offer. One of my horses, purchased at Bagdad,
having broken out all over his body with sores, so that he could
neither be saddled, nor mounted bare, it became necessary to part
with it, if possible, and look out for another. yVe accordingly led
it to the Maidan, or place of the horse-market, without the walls,
on the north of the town, where, though we found many seeking
for horses, we could find no one who would purchase or barter for
this, and were accordingly obliged to buy another.
The horses we saw here, except our own, were all Persian. These
are larger and perhaps stronger than the Arab race, but are ex-
eme y inferior in beauty, and are said to be so in speed, and in