"رحلة ثانية عبر بلاد فارس، أرمينيا وآسيا الصغرى إلى القسطنطينية، بين سنتي ١٨١٠ و١٨١٦. مع يوميات الرحلة مروراً بالبرازيل وبومباي وصولاً إلى الخليج العربي. مع تقرير لإجراءات السفارة البريطانية تحت إدارة السير جور أوسيلي، البارونيت، فارس وسام الأسد والشمس، مع خريطتين ونقوش من تصميم المؤلف." [‎٢‎٠‎٩] (٥١٦/٢٥٢)

ILLUSTRATION OF HERODOTUS.
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On the day of our arrival at Tekmehdash we met a Persian chappar,
or courier, who was travelling in the greatest haste to the King from
Erivan, with intelligence that the revolt of the Georgians against the
Russians was daily increasing. He wore a long linen bandage that was
tightly wound about him in many folds, which the Persians say is of
great support to the body. This will perhaps explain what Herodotus 0
means by fjp-xvu which Larcher has rendered by " bon marcheur.
If it be intended to denote a man on foot, the many bandages with
which the Peisian cossids, or foot messengers, bind themselves, will also
afford a good illustration. They are generally so tightly zoned that
they can scarcely stoop, and they also bandage their legs, and tighten
their trowsers, to be less encumbered in walking, j'
Befoie we reached our encampment at Ojan, we were surprised by
the appearance of a coach and six making its way over a rugged
mountain, which the Prince Royal, as a mark of attention, had sent for
the Ambassador's convenience. It was dragged by six horses of the
artillery, driven by Persian artillery-men, and manoeuvred as a gun.
It had been given by the Empress Catherine to the Armenian patriarch,
who had presented it to the Prince; and although it was still in good
repair, yet the antiquity of its form, its history, its travels, the very spot
upon which it stood, and particularly the mode by which it had been
biought hither, all combined to render it one of the most curious objects
that we had seen since we had been in Persia. Another surprise that
awaited us was the sight of a troop of Persian horse-artillery, dressed
like Europeans, with shaven chins, with English arms and accoutre
ments, booted and spurred, riding with long stirrups, who, headed by an
English officer, had come to salute the Ambassador as he alighted at his
tent door.
Ojan is now a chemen^ or pasturage, entirely appropriated to the use
of the Prince. A city of that name was situated upon it, which the
Persians say was of considerable extent; but its only remains are a
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