CHAP. VII.
Gives us a Sight of the Palace, and Rarities there. Our Entertain∣ment by the French Artizans in the Emperor's Service. The Di∣versions of the Place; and its Product: And the Close of the Year, with its Seasons.
THE grea•• Garden at the end of the Charba••g. Wild Beasts for the Emperor's Diversion. The Rhinoceros not the Indian Onager. The Abassin Ass mistaken for the Sabean. The Flower of Ispahaun meet a-nights in the Walk belonging to the Palace. The French Artizans divert us. River-Fishes. The Hedghog. Water-Fowl. Muscovia-Hawks. Greyhounds. No Woods or Forests about Spahaun. An Eclypse of the Sun. The Suburbs. A Third Bridge. We were two days in compassing Spahaun. Change of Weather. Catalogue of Plants growing at Spahaun. Sharp Winters here. Use of Stoves in Persia. A pure Air with∣out Soil. The Death of the President. The Agent succeeds at Surat. Artifices of the Dutch.