... in Europe tie* social statu* of a man may guessed by his dress or his equipage, in Persia it is denoted by his pipe. A Persian shah or prince has his pipe covered with richly enamelled plates of gold and •liver and incrustcd with gems, such as rubies ...

... for some new thing, and when European kings and priuces have ceased to move us are glad to be diverted for a while by a Persian Shah. If it be this feeling that is at the bottom the mauifest lack interest taken in the Chelmsford Horticultural Society, ...

... longing for seme new thing, and when European kings and princes have ceased to move us we are glad to be diverted for a while Persian Shah. If it be this feeling that is at the bottom of the manifest lack of interest taken in the Chelmsford Horticultural Society ...