Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-07

heroic adventures and
around which clusters so much of romance and
poetry. Everything told of that far-away land
is of the greatest interest. and the extracts
am enabled to offer the readers of The STAR
from a recent letter, addressed TO his family,
by our minister at that court. MIR. TruHton
Beale. will. am sure, afford pleasure as well as
instruction The letter Is dated lspallan, Feb
ruary p, 1892 Mr. Beale SAYS: Il obtained
permission to leave my post to collect things
Tor the Agricultural Department and thought
before i came home l would ride across Persia
from the Caspian sea to the Persian gull Fox
and had previously been to kasyln, on the
verge of the forests that go down to the Cas-
Plan sea. and We left Teheran some ten days
ago to ride continuously until we reached the
gulf on the other side of Persia, 900 miles.
Our ride SO far had been delightful, and would
be full of charm and novelty 10 people not
accustomed to eastern scenes. The hrst
day out from Teheran rode all day
through a dreary desert valley between
two ranges of snow-capped mountains. At
night, after going TO bed, was too ured to
sleep. so l got up and sat and smoked at the
door of the little mud hat that We had reached
In short time the moon rose over the noun
taIns Of ancient Media and threw weird. un-
certain hight across the barren plain where
the hosts of Xerxes and Ale ander had camped.
and in u few minutes l heard the bells OF a
caravan very far away on the desert, but sat
up enjoying the scene of the snow-capped
mountains aud the quiet of the desert until
the eanels came jangling by. looking like
phantoms In the moonlight
TYPICAL CENTRAL ASIA TOWN.
The next day We rode until We reached Room,
aVPical Town vi Oenfai ASH, AepI up PFlEcl-
pally by an old mosque where the faithful are
carried for hundreds of miles to be buried.
As you ride toward the town you get a good
view Of the old mosque, and to enter the town
VOl n rIl-hIfl A-Ian hnk
OLD bridge that goes straight into the bazaar
Every large town IN Central Asia has Its bazaar
and theE are al pretty much ON tue same
I,h,-.1,Sh -, -
covering acres OF cround Inc stretts
are all covered by a series of connected
groined arches, with a larger and higher
groined arch where two streets cross Al the
top OF each arch there Is mole about a loot
IL diameter 20 let down the hight Along each
side of the little narrow streets are ranged the
open booths OF ths tradesmen and artisans.
IEey sat IN front OF their places, with their
work In 'front.' OF them, worAIng at their trades
quite IN Puohc-W4th their wares dlsplaye ed IN tue
little open booth 5ehlnd Them Sometimes the
streets run INTO large open 4uares Wnere there
are fountains ndreseryors- lou see the tai
WORKER stop his unkering TO tell a story 10 the
shoemaAer sitting IN froni OF the adjoining
pooth- lou see the driser OF the caravan stop
ms nne o. esmeis III 'front.' OF a merchants shop
Asian depth that he and MS caravan have
come from. Inc eheA OF the hammers OF
the unsmlth anu Tue sli'ersmith, the trading
and ehaHerlh5' he long Inc OF cameIs
ming through iadeh with goods from Arabia
anu lnOl1, anu the lew rays OF the sun shining
through the holes In the arches on the gor-
geous eoioIs o. the SIX wares oil tine merchants,
al make scene iuli Oh hoVeity ana eharu-
We Iode on, Dag AFTER Cay. across desert wastes
anu barren nouhl'.in ranges antll last niS AZ
"a
avahehed II the morning BY the street cries Of
Ispahan
DREARY MELANCHOLY
The nrsvailiu1 tome of the eoun,rv ia tho, -,
5-s.rx ,,.IarchoIr p.~sia : ~ .a,I.
' A - nisn 'apie
iand, with a rim Oh mountains aroundIL The
slopes that run down to the Caspian sea are
beautifully timbered. but the sides that In
cline to the inferior are mostly barren deserts,
~. 80. 49, I,i i' .i run
try surrounding IspaEan is well cultivated and
l. doubtless very pretty in the spring, but the
part OF II now Inhabited Is very much like
u.s. &c ~. ,,rnr;r ,t' ~ .le gov
of the King He il one of the sbab'. sons
and received US IN "a kiosk in one of the courts
of the palace. After bowling to us he had a
small low table placed in front OF HIM to put
his feet on. He told Us that il had been
his intention to spend the day with a
family was older than the Hapsburgs bu, that
he had changed his mind and cut shor. his VISIT
in order to see me- He then asked me now
old was and then asked Fox. and roared in
Fox's face when he said he and L were the
same age. We were taken across the river 10
see the ruins of the old town. and there saw
what travellers and poets of the last century
ravsd about-fne old avenues once eyidentIy
paved with flower gardens down the mid
de. where they used to drink their
sherber and reei:s their poetry-rows of large
plane trees still standing running down them
We got 70 the roof of one of the Old palaces
On 1ne river N oaIA JUST as 'he sun was going
tn. OF on ths dsss,t So PIC sn'Y =,
light over the DESTROYED temples of the ancient
fire Worshipers. oyr the tombs OF the de-
seenG@nfs OF the prophet, over the distant
nv, ,sI. sop az o'ss .He runs Oh bridges
AT sHEKAZ
after a week more in the saddle. he CON-
Times under date of sheraz Mach q 60
-, -. =, - VIC
He anu 3D." On she way the great
runs OF Pasaiarda and Persepolis and the
torabs Of Cyrus and Darius. We climbed nm
tie small pyramid and eravIed into N. So,
Of Cvrus The irsrrin,ion ba bsd M, ~ 80 80
tomb was. i am the great Kino 80 % ~. rs
founder OF Persia ana he rn,sr 81 a.; -. ..'
man rrudpe me tLis tomb, His ton,h ny
partially DESTROYED bv the soldiers on a.