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him the troops, which wept il,ejstimatz.Vri. n a line along
the road, at the diatincebailf a +Peru from the place
ai Meeting. He alio Ititged the .Geoeral to introd,c,c
him to the Princes o hii suite: "The Cfitsacks were at
the lima of the detachment. and the Prince desired to
belsiirodiscei so their Coinnundel, Col. Schamcchew
saluting bias and allAtte Cossacks, he said—s, These,
-suppshe. are tour best *cailary." He was much struck
at the sight of the infantry. On seeing the knapsacks.
i.e said, shak ng his head, "How can 'these people
march with such a load? it is almost as heavy as-the* bole
baggage of one of our horsemen." The artillery excited
his attention and curiosity. He. rode along the front,
in order to examine the cannons, never failing to greet
our soldiers, who cheerfully returned his salutation. A.
crowd of people from the neighbouring village thronged
about der line; there were about three hundred Persian,
horteinen on the other side of the road, under the com-
mand of his brother, a fine lad of about fifteen. The;
.Persian warriors had a gloomy lock, and the feeling of,
mortified self love was painted on their countenance.--
Abbas Mime ereeserved his apparent gaiety during the
whole time that he remained with us. He begged the
General to let a Russian battallion file off before him.
Before leaving us he exptetsed his wish to see the
Emperor of Russia and the Imperial Family. He
said that he hoped ace would be soon concluded;
that he would do his utmost to effect it : lastly, he added,
that he would write to the Geoetid, and tha.t he hoped
soon to set him in Russia. :
Abbas Mu za. after having takenlleifie of vs in the
most affable manner sent Fet-Ali Shea to ask the
General for a list of all, persons who were with him,
and to repeat the assoranee ,of.his regaer4 • '
have given you liteV'ally the words of Abbas Mira*:
but it is impossible to descae..the nobleness of his,
'manners, or the grace and .ffabilitywith which he writes,
with the dignity of a sovereign, the animation of tiis coun•
tenance, and the unaffected simile which scarcely per-
mits any trace of care to be visible, His 'statures are per-
fectly regular ; his eyes large. lively. and penetrating.
and his teeth fine. His complexion is. brown and pale;
.his hair and long beard • very black. His ceistasne was
very simple. only his dagger was ornamented with
valuable jewels. His horse, the finest kerer sow. bOd
very rich harness, plated with, solid gold. 1110 since is
between 40 and 50 years of age : in a word. -he is ono
of the extraordinary persons who make an indelible its-
pression on those who have seen him. It is a pity that
`be is surrounded with persons whose minds and under-
standings *renal sufficiently elevatcd to second his views.
All foreigners in Persia agree in doing him juuice.
His most earnest desire is to enlighten his people
but for this he want, energy. and thelmeople
Prejudice opposes every thing that might be undertaken.
The weather is extremely fine. We are on the basil's
of a Lake which resembles a sea, being 140 wersts in
length and 80 in bread& It contains a great number'
of rocky islands. and in the disisice we perceive the
,summits of the snowy mountains of liEend . eststn The
inhabitants crowd-round us with pt Woos andsacellent
link. We are treated even better than we were,la Slier
many is 1813 .—fraiskfort Papers. Jan. 4; •