With genuine regret did I leave my pleasant quarters at the Residency.

Enjoyable as my visit was, it had not come upon me quite as a surprise, for the hospitality of Colonel Ross, Resident of Bushire, is well known to travellers in Persia.
[Footnote A: A similar case happened not long ago in Southern Russia.] [Footnote B: The Eeliauts are said to be of Arab and Kurd descent.] [Footnote C: The longest is in Cochin China, across the river Meikong, the distance from post to post being 2560 feet.] [Footnote D: Earthquake.].