The country swarms with wild animals--tiger, bear, and leopard in the forests by the Caspian Sea; wild asses, jackals, and wolves in the desert regions; deer and wild goats in the mountainous districts; and, as we afterwards had uncomfortable proof, lions in the southern provinces.

There is no permission needed.

A European may shoot over any country he pleases, with the exception of the Shah's private preserves around Teheran.

His Imperial Majesty is very tetchy on this point.
We galloped nearly the whole of the short stage from Gez to Ispahan.
A couple of miles out of the city we overtook a donkey ridden by two peasants, heavy men, who challenged us to a trial of speed.

We only just beat them by a couple of lengths at the gates, although our horses were fresh and by no means slow.