The position is reversed.

At Stamboul the stranger is pestered and worried to buy; at Teheran one must sometimes entreat before being allowed even to inspect the contents of a silk or jewel stall.

Even then, the owner will probably remain supremely indifferent as to whether the "Farangi" purchase or not.

This fact is curious.

It will probably disappear with the advance of civilization and Mr.Cook.
[Illustration: TEHERAN] Debouching from the principal streets or alleys of the bazaar, which is of brick, are large covered caravanserais, or open spaces for the storage of goods, where the wholesale merchants have their warehouses.