1 INTRODUCTION.
2 gold bnttontf omtyiA]kkw9»vmiiamaAe<£ vwy M
3 Jbl gqldfafDoade: on bia bead wm y cap of brodudet and over itt
4 knigee (or ailkeo tubaii), twMd kbady. Abont aix of bin atuind*
5 uila aat, the raat atood ioiiiid» aiid w«re wdl dreeaed, and M^)^^
6 ' Oar cimvemrfaoii tiiRifld on India «Dd En^^a^
7 Ebaun femitfked it*inM|;eCtiiig Jatie.
8 On the 2d, I vatdined bia visaL The streets were ciowded to «a
9 incredible degree^ and the terraced tops of the houses were covered
10 with spectators. They left the part of the street tbrou^ which we
11 were to pa55S quite clear ; and, except now and then an exdamatfon of
12 snrpriso when we came in sight, thev kept n profound silonre. The
13 Khaun received us in a handsome room vvitli attic windings, round
14 which a neat and orderly company were seated on a Persian carpet
15 He converstnl freely on all subjects : said he ha<l never seen the King,
16 and please God he never would , he could live la his desart and hunt
17 his deer, and iiad no desire to follow courts. He shewed me a curious
18 clock, made by one of hia own people. The works seemed very good.
19 Ibe bell w«8 bdow tbe wmlDat and libe wbdle'iMUFbi a ease of gold,
20 wftb very thick cbiyatal ddaa. He alao ahewod an- ensdlent gun
21 lollct nkade at Babuihi^pobr. He gave- ma twoftie faamfca^ aonu^'gnj
22 honnda^ Inro bdiaea (ontf wbii gold, and ibe other with enamdted
23 fenppmga)» a niy beaalM laatcMoek, irfddy eaameilled, witb a pow-
24 der liaak in tbe English model, and some tnjs of dotba of the plao^
25 Chi Uie 4th,'we maiclied. Bahawol Kbaun sent out atentlntd 'tbe
26 neighbotnbood of ours, where we had a parting-meeting while our
27 laat baggage was crossing tbe river. He introdiioed tbe mechanic
28 who made the clock, and presented me to several p^^ns, who he said
29 were IJlema (or Mahome<lan school divines). Afterwards, he retired
30 to a car|iet at some* distance from the tents with Mr. Strachey and
31 aae ; and there spoke tidly on all subjects, giving me all the advice
32 and information in his power, lie ended, by saying, that, m he was
33 the first subject of Khorassaun witli whom we had met, he ho|Hitl we
34 would preserve the remembrance of him after we had extended our
35 acquaintance* We took ieave of him witli great regret. He had beeu