The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-12-20

We must now, however, reyer, a little
more connecto1ly and circumstanitaIlv to
the authors i"nrney aud narrative. Some
held sports near PreSepulis are thus desert.
bed: D.
"When at Shiraz, the alcheeg-had re-
ceived very Gne shah baz, or royal fall
con. Before going," he tells, 9. have
been amused at seeing Nutee Beg, our
head taicOner, a. man ofgreat experience
IN his department, put upon this bird a
par OF feathers, which he fitted to his
thighs with assmuch care as if he had been
tho tailor of a fashionable horseman. T
inquired the reason of so :unusuaifasnro-
ceeding. you will learn that said the
consequential master of the hawks. swhen
you see our sport; ) and / was Convinced
at the period he predicted, of the old fell.
! lows knowledge of his business. The first
hare seized by thefalcon was very strong.
and the ground rough. While the bird
kept the claws of one foot fastened in IFS
prey, the other was dragged along on the
ground until ne had an opportunity of law
ing hold of tuft of grass, by which it was
enabled to stop the course of the hare.
whose effort to escape, do think would
have torn the hawk assunder, if it had not
been provided with the leathern defences
which have been mentioned. The naxt
time the falcon was flown gave us nroof
of that extraordinary courage which its
whole appearance, and particularly its eve
denote. 1t had stopped and quite disabled
the second hare by the first pounce, when
two greyhounds, which had been slipped
ny mistake, came up, and endeavored to
sieze it. They were, however repulsed
by the falcon, whose boldness and celeritv
IN attacking the dogs, and securing its prey. q
excited our admiration and establishment.
We had some excellent sport with smaller
hawks at partridges.--I was particularly
pleased with one bird, which kept hover
ing over our heads until the name was
sprung, and then descended like shot.
struck its prey to the ground"
AT lsfahan, the journal proceeds
The governor gave the elchee an en-
tertainment, which began, as usual, with
sweetmeats and fruit; and after pines,
coffee, tumbling, wrestling, and fireworks.
sumptuous dinner was served up. A
mother day we were invited tobreakfast
with my old friend Haiee Ibrahin Kale-
d"onee, who gave us milk prepared in sew
enty-two different ways, being, as Haiee
Hoosein whispered me, in accordance with
the seyenty-two sects in the religion of
Mahomed. Whether there was such de-
sign or not cannot say; the fair was adj
mrable, and was delighted to find nv
friend, who is, besides being an extensive
farmer, ketkhuda, or magistrate of the
ward of kaledoon in Isfahan the same
plain dressed, plain spoken, humorous per-
son we had left him ten years before. He
took US as he had formerly done to the
wonder of his quarter, the shaking nina
rets. When person mounts to the top
of one Of these, & moves his body, it vi
brates, and the vibration is impaired to
the other, though at distance Of about
forty feet, the width of the mosque to
which they belong. While my compan-
ions were trying this experiment, and won
dering at the cause, remained on the ter
race conversing with Hajee Ibrahim. /
noticed small villagea bout amile distant,
which seemed deserted. is that oppres-
sion 2 said !. mo, said the hajee, worse
why said |, sthe Turkumans cannot have
carried their inroads so near the town.
'They could not have done the work so
complete, said my friend smiling. 'Who
has done it 2 asked. "A DOCTOR repli-
ed he; 'aproper fellow who acquired re-
putation, and he deserved it,from the heirs
of his patients, at least. That village lit
terally persisted under his hands ia FIVE
years. Now he is gone know not where;
but, good luck attend him, SO he comes
not again into our neighbourhood..' =
"Some years ago, this city was govern
ed by brother Of the celebrated Hagee
Ibrahim, whose family at that time held
several of the first Offices in the kingdom
and heard that minister tell the alchee
the following anccdote "A shopkeeper,
he said, went to his brother to represent
that he could not pay an impost, sYou
must pay it like Others said the governor,
cor leave the city, where can go?'
asked the man. ITO Shiraz or Cashan.'
your nephew rules the one city, and your
brother the other.' go to the king and
complain if you like sYour brother the
llajee is prime minister Then go to HE'LL
said the enraged governor. sHajee Mer-
hoom, the pious pilgrim. yonr father is
dead, '-retorted the undahnted Isfanhee.
my friend, said the governor bursting into
alaugh, Il viii pay the impost myself, since