The coffin, [I] in Persia, is made of very thin wood; in the case of a poor man it is often dispensed with altogether, the corpse being buried in a shroud.

Interment in most cases takes place forty-eight hours at most after death.
We found the house of Mr.P--, the Telegraph Superintendent of the Indo-European Company, with some difficulty, for the roads or rather lanes of Djulfa are tortuous and confusing.

Mr.P--was out, but had left ample directions for our entertainment.

A refreshing tub, followed by a delicious curry, washed down with iced pale ale, prepared one for the good cigar and siesta that followed, though an unlimited supply of English newspapers, the _Times, Truth_, and _Punch_, kept me well awake till the return of my host at sunset.
[Footnote A: A farsakh is about four miles.] [Footnote B: "Hurrah!"] [Footnote C: "Please God!"] [Footnote D: _Koom_ signifies "sand."] [Footnote E: Muleteer.] [Footnote F: Kashan silk, noted throughout Persia, is of two kinds: the one thin and light for lining garments, the other thick and heavy for divans, etc.

The patterns are generally white, yellow, and green on a red ground.] [Footnote G: A natural sweetmeat like nougat, found and manufactured in Persia.] [Footnote H: Attendant.] [Footnote I: In the north of Persia the dead are buried in a shroud of dark-blue cloth, which is, oddly enough, called in the Persian language, a _kaffin_.].