ABSTRACT
ONe E again the vicissitudes and charms of the road are before me, but in this case a new and potent factor, hitherto absent, comes in to counteract the regret which one must always feel in quitting a place where one has been kindly received and hospitably entertained, and where one has made friends, most of whom one will in all probability never meet again. This potent incentive to delay my departure no longeris the thought that when I quit I~fahan, less than a week will see me in the classical province of Fars, less than a fortnight will bring me to the glories of Persepolis, and that after that two short days will unfold before my longing eyes the shrines and gardens of
FROM I~FAHAN TO SHIRAZ 241 "the pure earth of Shiniz," which has been throughout the goal of my pilgrimage.
