Sport in Eastern Persia

PEEFACE.
So many books have recently appeared about
Persia that some apology would seem necessary
for adding to the number. My excuse is that
though most of the " questions " with which this
ancient country bristles have been more than
adequately dealt with, little or nothing
has been
said in any of them about sport ; what game
animals and birds are to be found in the Shah's
dominions, and how they may be brought to bag.
This book, which takes the form of plain sketches
of actual personal experiences during a period of
three and a half years while I was in charge of
one or other of H.M. Consulates in Eastern
Persia, is an attempt to supply the deficiency
as regards that part.
If it is thought that an undue proportion of my
tales relate to beasts that were lost, I must plead
that the fault is at any rate one on the right side.
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