'A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816. With a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. Together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. K.L.S. With two maps, and engravings from the designs of the author.' [‎162] (203/516)

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the singularity and convenience of their contrivance. The top and
bottom are made of copper, and let into each other. The former, which
is generally ornamented with small figures, devices in Persian, &c. is
pierced with small holes, and has a handle. The latter is made to
contain the socket for the candle; and between the two there is a ser
pentine wire, which when extended makes the lantern a }aid long,
more or less, according to its circumference; and over this they fix a
pivcthaun, or shirt of white wax cloth, which reflects a considerable
light when a candle is placed within.
Their silk stuffs denote great skill in the manufacturer. A particular
sort, known by the name of shawl kashai, is very beautiful. The Cash-
merian patterns are followed by the Kashan manufactories; but nothing
can ever exceed the warmth and beauty of the shawls of Cashmere.
Satins, brocades, and velvets are also worked at Kashan, the latter ot
which have deservedly a good reputation.
This city can boast of many spacious caravanserais, some of which
have been lately built. The one called the Caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). Shah, or the
Royal Hotel, which is so much extolled by Chardin, is left to ruin, and
is an instance of the propensity common to the Persians, to build new
places rather than to repair the old. The finest building in Kashan is
a Mcdreseh, or College, that has lately been founded by the present
King, arid which is likely to rank among the first of His Majesty's
architectural works.
About three miles to the east of the city is a garden, called the Bagh-
i-Feen, celebrated among the Persians for a stream of water, clearer
than crystal, which flows through it in a variety of artificial channels.
It is said to possess many medicinal qualities, and the Persians resort
to it. We were amused by being permitted to inspect the interior of
a pleasure-house, which is sometimes occupied by the King in the
spring, in one of the rooms of which there are portraits of himself and
twenty of his sons.
Having left Kashan, we pitched our tents at Nasserabad, which
looked more flourishing now than it did in 1809, particularly in the
extent of its melon-grounds, the produce of which is deservedly
famous. W e were informed, that since the Ameen-ad-Dowlah has had