'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.' [‎295] (326/582)

THE GARDENS.
brow, the tomb of Sheikli Baba Bund Baz, who was a Persian
poet; and a little below it another, with gardens, of Sheikh Ali
Baba, also a poet: but being unbelievers, or philosophers, their
works are disregarded and scarce. The Bagh-No, or new gar
den, promises to be very fine when completed. After passing an
outer building in the centre of its south-west front, in which are
upper and lower rooms for servants or visitors, it opens on an ex
tensive and beautiful garden, now filled with fruit-trees and flow
ers in full bloom. In the centre of this, a double walk, with a
canal between each, of not less than one thousand feet long, leads
up to the principal edifice. As the ground rises here on a gentle
ascent, there are about twenty high steps, with little cascades pass
ing from one to the other, the marble being cut like the scales of
fish, to improve the effect of the waterfall; and small pillars are
placed through all the length of the canal, with holes in them for
water-spouts to issue from. At the end of this walk is a fine piece
of water, of an octagonal form, occupying nearly the whole space
in front of the palace, and seated on an elevated pavement, in the
centre of which it stands. As this was now full to the brim, it
formed a beautiful sheet of water, and reflected the whole of the
building, as in the clearest mirror. The palace is neat, without
being so gorgeously magnificent as those at Ispahan ; and its in
terior decorations are nearly in the same style, though of inferior
execution. The portraits of Futteh Ali Shah and his several
sons hold a distinguished place here. Many of the great men of
the court have their portraits also preserved in this place. In
one compartment of a large painting, the present King of Persia
is represented in a battle with the Russians, over whom he is of
course victorious. The Russian troops are dressed in red, in the
European fashion, and marshalled in close ranks; while the Per-
sians are in the utmost disorder, which is characteristic of the
custom of each nation. In the chief compartment of the centre,
the King is seated on a rich throne, surrounded by his great men,
and is receiving a present from an European ambassador, followed
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