Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1899-04-14 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

NEARLY BROKE THEIR NECKS.  Of course they were anxious to see the Georgian jadies, and here, he said, was one. His comment on  this Eastern beady was that she wee like one of those wax figures _y_na see in hairdressers' shops in Regent Street. Th,m he said they got amongst a murderous lot of Kusdar with pistols and daggers stuck in their belts, Med &amiss slung over their shoulders, but these never caused the travellers any inconvenience, as, though they could not exchange a word, they were taken into the villages and provided with food. It was a rude farm of hospitality but it helped them on the way. There was no roadway9l but only rough tracks made by mules or camels. He remembered one particular aftarnoon coming upon a great hump of rock and there it ass.,_in one of the most famous mountains in the world, Mount Ararat. I didn't see the Ark, said kfr.• Fraser. From enquiries I made about it I think it must have been carried away ages ago by American tourists. There is i a monastery n the shadow of the mountain, the oldest in the world. I asked the Catholic*;, or Pope of the Armenians, if he had any relic, =Vie assured me he had, as he had half. well authenticated plank out of the Ark. (Laughter). Its true I was a little , dubious, but at lunch his Holiness assured us that' the wine we were drinking was from a vine which was the descendant of another vine planted on a certain famous occasion by Noah. (LanghteaV I must confess I have bought better wine at Is. per bottle. (laughter.) Having described the rough-andltumble " joggledy " sort of country, with its absence of cycling tracks and accommodation for cyclises,litr. Frsser said that often they had to trundle their bicycles long distances, wearing their shoes off their feet and their clothes off their backs. He canned! al  hearty laugh by saying that he never was much oil h. hand with the needle, and he mended one article by sticking a patch on with tie repairing solution Or the tires. Of course, he said, when they got Teheran, if they happened to meet any Euror ladies it was necessary to retire backwards from _ presence. (Laughter.) Most people' he said, formed their ideas of Persia from reading Moore's "LaUs Rookh," and in that ease they would be thinking of a most picturesque country where everything was delightful and fantastic; but if in a future existence he met Mr. Thomas Moore be should have  Ittropeatel -1 theirl  SOMETHING TO SAY TO HEW about the way in which he had deluded the British public, because Persia was the most desolate, uninteresting country in the world. He showed a picture on the screen of a group of natives, the gazelle-eyed damsels peeping with one eye from under their veils or shawls at a man if they happened to meet one. After a depressing ride from Tabreez they got to Teheran, and there he saw the Shah, who , presented to him the photograph shown on the screen. In his presence they wore their hats but walked about in their stockings, with the result that he caught cold in his head. A photograph of the Shah's much bejewelled throne was also shown, the value of which was estimated at from three to five millions of rounds. It was too expensive to get a trophy. They sat down in two gold chairs, one on each side the throne, and those who had had a similar experience would corroborate him when he said it was very awkward to have large diamonds catching you in the small of the back when you sat down. (Laughter.) Where the gold plates came together they were