CHAPTER I. New plans and new preparations—We leave Bagdad for 113 Persia—Wild boar hunting in the Wudian—A terrible accident—We travel with a holy man—Camps of the Beni Laam—An alarm CHAPTER II. We are betrayed into the hands of robbers—Ghafil and 141 Saadun—We diplomatise—A march across “No-man’s-land”—Night terrors—We claim protection of a Persian prince CHAPTER III. A prince in exile—Tea money—Rafts on the Kherka—Last words 162 with the Beni Laam—Kerim Khan—Beautiful Persia—We arrive at Dizful CHAPTER IV. Pleasures of town life—The Khani’s court—Bactiari 176 shepherds—Shustar—Its palace, its river, and its garden—A telegraph clerk CHAPTER V. Illness and misery—A Persian escort—The Shah’s …
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