Under these circumstances, it is scarcely to be wondered at that the Shirazis die like sheep during an epidemic, and indeed at all times.

Persian surgery is not much better.

In cases of amputation the limb is hacked off by repeated blows of a heavy chopper.

In the case of fingers or toes a razor is used, the wound being dipped into boiling oil or pitch immediately after the operation.
The office of the Indo-European Telegraph is in Shiraz, but the private dwellings of the staff are some distance outside the city.

A high wall surrounds the grounds in which the latter are situated--half a dozen comfortable brick buildings, bungalow style, each with its fruit and flower garden.