Identifier: cu31924028627036 Title: Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors: Jackson, A. V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937 Subjects: Zoroastrianism Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: he journey had been completed. Yet to say farewell to Persiawithout delays is always impossible, and although the carriage,horses, and driver were at the door, it took an endless amountof time and ado before the baggage was lashed to the wagonand the start made for the Caspian Sea which we hoped toreach on the second day — inshdllah, God willing ! Another hour had elapsed before we came to the outer post-station of the city, near the Kazvin gate. A long delay oc-curred here to remind me again that we were still in Persia.Each piece of luggage had to be taken off the rickety vehicle,weighed with a precision that could come only from a desireto exact the utmost shdhl for every ounce of baggage andextract an additional bakhshish, and then the packages wereslowly lashed in place again upon the conveyance. The fare and toll rate for this uncomfortable journey of some240 miles in a rattle-bang old brougham was about 70 tomans(dollars), a sum that seemed exorbitant considering the dis- 442

Text Appearing After Image: The Kazvin Gate, Teheran

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