1 oi it .fpas open* and from the entrance two canvass skrecns ran out*
2 9Q,«k'to baa. «i dUey abonfc tirqity yards long, which was lined with
3 wnaato- in Ihroy, otibcr aerviBts extending beyond iL The troops-
4 veie alao dnam iq> m ltne 'aloqg the road to the tent
5 Mn Stmdbjay mwt to meet tl» governor, and fiiimd him mounted •
6 en' ft uliite hone»M*idi gold tiappingay attended hy^hia offioeia end
7 iinnmiatea^ aniromided with laige rtandarda> and haam
8 dred horse, and three tfaooaand foot The dust, crowd, and coninsUm
9 of the meetings efe repreaented by Mr. Strache^, aa be^nrnd ail d»^
10 scription. The governor weloomed Mr. Sirachey according to the
11 Persian custom, after which they joined, and proceeded to the tent,;
12 the pressure and disorder increasing as they went. In some places
13 men were fi«;hung, and in others people were ridden down ; Mr."
14 Strachey's own horse was nearly lx>rne to the ground, and onlv re-
15 covered hi tnseli by a violent exertion* When they approat Ik d the
16 tent, they missed the road, came in front of the line of troops, and
17 ruslied on tlie ~ cavalry with sucli impetuosity, that there was barely
18 timeto whed badiCy eo tti to alloar a paasi^ In thia manner the
19 tide poured on tovards the tent: the line 'of aervants wereewept
20 awftff the akieena were torn ddwn» andtranq^led undertfeot, and even
21 the tent ropea were aaaailed with ancfa fiuy, diet the whole tent wai
22 nearly struck over our heads. The inside was crowded and darkened
23 in an inatanfe. Th6 governor and about tea of hia oompaniona aati
24 the rest aeemed to be armed attendants ; and, indeed, the governor
25 seemed to have ettouied to nothing but the numi )or of his guacdii
26 He sat but for a very short time, during the whole of which he was
27 telling his beads with the utmost fervency, and addressing me with
28 *' You are welcome, you are very welcome," as fast a^ ho could re-
29 peat tlie words. At last, he said he was nfraid ihe crowd must annoy
30 me, and withdrew. Suralrauz Khaun was a good looiiiri;^: voung man,
31 he wore tlie Persian dress, with a cap and a shawl turban uver it, and
32 spoke very good Persian. His attendants were large, lair, and hand-
33 some A%hauns, most of them very well dressed, but in no aevt of
34 eider or diactjpline. On the same evening I letomed hia viait» and
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