The New York herald., 1870-11-25

aIse you sI ~ inf aiso Sn1 1rs hy suossd
shrazi, and her ruined walls and efiuvia with the
Srispy note Of the nightingale and sounds iFo% the
yrsrIvn sxnRcrsEs.
Of that day s devoted to festyity ana athletic games
made sure to be present at the exercises Here
Of that class, the Leotees whe because all men are
against them are more reckless ana wick ID In sheer
defiance OF the tenets OF virtue ana morality Here
were also the arsocracy ana the ste OF the youth.
iui males OF shlraz. respondent IN rich koobas and
solest black wool Of Tartary 1 on their heads. Whe
Iner neither limbs were loosely covered with slken
a sSa wo as X. q caaers al M
fashion, the Beau Brmnmels OF Shraz, carried
What saaaeS any saHaScnS nno horses tney
gold aud glitter, and such stin backs, aud now
iney courted attention from everybody! Ho, no
have met their likes before In many city, and as
1 am not Shirazi why should look humble like
like these slaves about me9 lV F8 'c7-
more impuuent In the neighb0rhool or the Hahzich
than in the Dazaars or Teheran. And our friends,
Newtoas OF Persia. Out on ye reprobates! Why do
you oner me your nauseous herDs and your filthy
sso nhe ass are n tner beet cothes their
bic looking men, are content to inhale IN silence
their calians The vendors. OF unctuous swsetmeats
apostrophize the moncycd urchins TO buy--buy Tor
Allah's sake. And under the shade or the cypress,
near the Mesdjed Shah Mira HAMA, where Abdul
scayns o@b which IS Close % to TIE mgSsss Sehes
Aiezzar, or tho Thousand and one tombsv are a
Of callan whins, iced shcr6ct snow, fruit water
and greasy candy. Boys-for boys and chickens
are are cev tns SAN same al, ~ over the worla-fancy
IN the water OF the classic Ruknab and comment
IN their wise quiet way upon the gay and brilliant
the uncuous cllies, the ripe apricots, puns sweet
meats, ices and sherbets. Mounted On their neet
the ded,1 the Parthian Keskaj and the rough
Scythan sport
CLASS PURsUITs
The aristocracy-tlat Is the growing boys and
young men or that class-are much devoted to the
kesAaL Iney ride iamously 1ne Turkoman horses
the Pnrthian mode OF warfare may see IL Illustrated
IN these sports. II consists IN riding at full speed,
being followed by an equally swift rider with q
spear, and turning round In tie saddle, dropping
ms enemy with single shot. Then there Is the
Scythans the modern Tartars ana the fierce Gallas
Of southern Shoa or the modern Turks at the Hippo.
drome Of StambonL The jereed is shortstick about
four leet long which. us they galiep forward after
an Imaginary enemy, they held directed towards
him, and suddenly launching 1t with all their force,
are almost certain OF hitting him. They have also
other means Of stealing from corrodng cure one
transient day" by wrestling. The wrestlers are
called Pahlawans, after the strong men OF Persian
antiquity, after the Russians and the zohrabs IL is
fine, well-peopled assemblage unranted canvas
Damascus. Ever body seems happy and contented;
the young lads and sturdy youth love the danger or
the kelal and the Jereed the little boys love their
candy; the adult and the fat love the shade OF the
cypress ana tbts OF social scandal; spartan iree-
man and Helot are on an equality this day; the
owner OF the bare1 and his eunucn have conlpro-
mised-somewhat moderated the difference thai lay
between them yesterday, ana may be seen chatting
famIliarly
SUNDAY AND IT'S OBSERVANCE
is not this much better mode OF spending the
Sabbath than we have IN Amcrica-that vacuum in
our lives which We ourselves have made2 Is 1t not
much better and n ore IN accordance with naIure
tnan our spritless lounging about cafes ana lager
beer gardens; than stunning lIsessly about In fune
real black. involved in mute study OF black cigars
and blacEcr pipes; than frudgng painfully along
tonsy Why should not our love for reereatlve
amuseInents be eTp0tte, and why should our Sab
baths be such days OF duness
HAFfzs TOMB.
IL would almost be sin on our part If we failed TO
visit the llaizleh, the tomb OF Ilalz 1t is st,-
ated close TO the Isahan road, to the right OF the
Thousand and one tombs.n In his own loved
Motrallan. SAID he:-'srhe morning breeze or
Mousalah and The waters OF RuKuabad will not per-
NIT me TO travel Eden cannot show bower so sweet
as Mousaah, a stream so clear as Rukuabad.n
surely we have then a curiosity TO this famed
q rectangular square, surrounded by crumbIing
walls with building CONSTRUCTED across it reaening
| very gay and rich AFFAIR. we can see through an
open hail the wider eaveu roof OF winch is supported
by -FOUR columns or polished nummulit.c lulcstoIe
Before the front, facing the city, large part Of Tic
garden IS lled with cypress before the front facing
Almost in the middle Is the tomb OF Haz. The grav
is covered with block OF aaoaster, about eight fee
leng, three feet broad and about twenty inches IN
| thickness. On It's superficies are engraved, with
most exquisite skill, select from odes, one
\
reyolve, and VIII bring many days and nights. -
travellers have called this block OF alaDaser smar-
..poished marDle.- translucent mafbleu What Is
aabastera Is 1t not species OF fine limestone gyp-
sum, sometimes OF reddish, or OF yellow, yeIned
with white bands with peiiucid suraceY II ever
there was alabaster tins block Haz'5 grave is.
been cut down anu SOLD as fue the '.Divan' and odes
oil the poet which were kept IN chamber near the
tomb, are IN the library Of The shah. No admirer or
the peot comes forward to show the stranger his
tomb, while all around IL has been deseCraed with
the dead bodies of dervlshes, who, having aealed
the tomb with their filthy carcasses while alive con-
tinue the def!enent when deas. sad change
since the days OF Kerim, independent Prince OF
Fairs
From the HaIzieh rode towards the Sdadieh,
the tomb OF Saad, poet, traveller and philosopher
the good Old patriarch OF his era. All you do not
know the treasures OF wisdom to be found In the
'Ghustan.n what good principles ana sentiments
sad like do, In seeing his lowlv tomb II Ferdoussee
was the Homer and Halz was the Anacreon of Persia
philosophy, but also in sound Virtue He was Of
retired habits when In life, quite hermit, and IN
death ne has IS been Withdrawn from the plain into
deep blight OF 1t. Close by it Is Saalps Hin, where
the philosopher and poet loved to spend the remnant
OF MS days AS you proceed to you pass the Jehan
from a resemblance the palace has to q Fernighee's
hat the haftotan, where Sultan Shuja Is buried
then you come to the Dilgusha (sheart expandlng'
the airest garden outside OF Shraz whence you see
the Ainharatsaada, almost At the furthest end OF
the blight. northeast from Shraz. Just before you
come to the gate you pass small canant full or fish,
consecrated to Sheikh Saadn.
We reach the gate, ana are beset by population
OF beggars from the village close by; but we pay no
heed TO them, and enter through the lOwly door into
garden, about forty PAGES square, at the furthest
end OF which Is small emaret. There fir, pomc-
granate and cypress trees and small fountain
within the garden. AT the right side OF the emaret
Is yaulted recess, about eight feet deep, fifteen
feet wide and fifteen feet to the centre OF the arch
once richly decorated with Inscriptions in gold
and azure taken from the poets books. The tomb,
consisting, as far as we can see, OF great block OF
polished nummulitlc limestone ( reddish color, IL
placed in the centre or the floor under the arch. A
book was shown us composed OF the "Bosran' ana
"Ghulistan,i highly Illuminated by a dexterous pen,
with Illustrations OF scenes taken from the poems.
This was said to have been written by his own
hand; but you know am q sceptic and do not be.
lieye everything unless II Is substantiated. About
Khan had built, put new one, you see, has been
put up.
which he had desired should be Inscribed over his
fninh rnnd La ihill-