Early Adventures in Persia Susiana And Babylonia Including a Residence Among
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They rode on mules, perched high up on the baggage. At first they were VII MY TRAVELLING COMPANIONS 129 closely veiled, their faces being concealed by a kind of net- work. But they soon dropped their veils and their reserve, and we became friends, talking on the way and when resting for the night. They were both really beautiful women. One of them had a little daughter, a lovely child about five years old, with large black eyes and long silken eyelashes. She and I became fast allies. She would ...make me take her on my saddle as we rode along, entertaining me with her merry chatter, and when we rested she would sit on my carpet and play with my watch or compass. She was adorned with all the trinkets that her mother had been able to save from the pawnbrokers of Isfahan, her little feet and hands were dyed with henna, and her wrists and ankles encircled with numerous gold and silver bangles. Her name was Bibi Mah — Lady Moon. The shutur-bashi was one of those vain, lying, and un- principled fellows who abounded in Persia and were plenti- fully found in the public service.
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