'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.' [‎402] (475/516)

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was delighted at the speed with which we travelled, particularly at night, when
he perceived no diminution of it, although he was surprised that all this was done
without a guide. We were met at two posts from London by two gentlemen
of the Foreign Office, who greeted him on his arrival j but he grew very anxious
as we proceeded, and seemed to be looking out for an Istakball, or a deputation
headed by some man of distinction, which, after the manner of his own country,
he expected would be sent to meet him. In vain we assured him that no dis
respect was intended, and that our modes of doing honour to Ambassadors
were different from those of Persia : our excuses seemed only to grieve him the
more ; and although to a foreigner the interest of the road greatly increased as
we approached the city, yet he requested to have both the glasses of the carriage
drawn up, for he said that he did not understand the nature of such an entry,
which appeared to him more like smuggling a bale of goods into a town, than the
reception of a public envoy. As for three of his servants who followed us in a
chaise behind, they had nearly suffocated themselves; for, by way of experi
ment, they had put up all the glasses, and then when they wished it could not
put them down, so that they were quite exhausted for want of fresh air.
He who had witnessed the manner in which our ambassadors had been receiv
ed in Persia, particularly the levee en masse of the inhabitants who were sent
out to meet him at every place where he stopt, was surprised to see the little
notice that he himself in the same situation in England had attracted, and the
total independence of all ranks of people.
* Although he found a fine house and a splendid establishment, ready to re
ceive him in London, and although a fine collation was laid out upon the morning
of his arrival, nothing could revive his spirits ; so much had he been disappoint
ed at the mode of his reception.
t His first object was to deliver his credentials to the King as soon as possible,
because in Persia it is esteemed a slight if that ceremony be delayed In
this also he was disappointed, for on the first Wednesday, the usual levee day.
His Majesty happened to be unwell, and consequently there was a delay of
more than ten days before he could be presented. He bitterly lamented his
fate, and daily affirmed, that for this he should lose his head on his return
to Persia. When the day came, he was naturally anxious about the reception
which he was to find : He had formed his ideas of our court from what he
recollected of his own, where the King's person is held so sacred, that few
have the privilege of approaching it. He had a private audience at the
Queen's House, and from the manner in which he expressed himself after it was