"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎٢‎٧‎٨] (٤٥٠/٣١٣)

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CONDITION OF KIFRI.
self a little, before I sat down to tell you my story.
The two last marches have been dreadful from the
heat, though we arrived here by half-past twelve. All
the people are quite exhausted; yet, God be praised,
I am very well; but I am very prudent, proportion
ing my exertions to my strength.
^Ve are lodged here in the same place as when on
the road to Constantinople; and I almost cried when
I saw the tree by the side of the little canal, in the
court where we dined together on that memorable
expedition *. Kifri is much dilapidated and di
minished in population since we were here last.
r l he people were astonished at my recognizing a
little mount I had not seen for seven years, and then
had viewed from a different road. A small spring
ol naphtha has lately been discovered, about a mile
from the town.
Are you almost ready to set off on our expedition
to Koordistan ? AA e have no time to lose, for I am
roasted with the sun already; and travelling by
night 1 will not hear of. The thermometer to-day
in my tent, between two and three in the afternoon,
was 90°.
A man is going oft to-night or to-morrow morn-
i n g Mahmood J^ey, the master ol the house yclept
the palace ; and I hope he will give you this. He is
* This refers to a journey of 1500 miles, from Bagdad to Con
stantinople, made by Mr. and Mrs. Rich, on horseback, in the
years 1814, 1815.— Ed.