I was consequently forced to desist, and in the evening was so ill with a slow fever, that I could not sit on horseback, and was obliged to proceed in a cajava. These are panniers made of wood, ...
The above is merely a short general sketch, to explain the accompanying print
Several sculptures represent a combat between two horsemen, but unfortunately they have been very much defaced: the execution is very spirited
He has done them ample justice , from the careful manner in which he has printed them.
To shew to what straits a man of his rank was reduced, the envoy sent him presents he requested that they might be exchanged for their value in money.
We recruited ourselves under the bas-reliefs , which represent a king on horseback
With our cheeks adhering to our jaws to our great joy we found cool water.
On our right we passed a sculpture very much effaced:beyond this is the large group of bas-reliefs of which a plate is given in Malcolm's "Persia"
I paid 300 persian rupees at which presidency the same steed would have realized 7 or 8 hundred
Next day we could just perceive the island of Hormuz