Excerpt from In the Land of the Lion and Sun, or Modern Persia: Being Experiences of Life in Persia During a Residence of Fifteen Years in Various Parts of That Country From 1866 to 1881 In a personal narrative, it is necessary to use a good many 1's; and to avoid being Obscure, I fear I have been at times over minute, but I have preferred this to the risk of giving a false impression. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.