In the Preface is described the Geography of the ancient Kingdom of Irān, which is here stated to have reached from the Jihon or Amū River to the Euphrates; and from Derbend, on the Caspian, to the Persian Sea.

He took a jab and telegraphed his punch so loudly that I was able to land a solid right hand to his stomach.

‘Twas sort of scareful, that midnight ride;

Then the waft of puke and stale bourbon reaches my nostrils and I get that shorp taste in my mouth that you get when you know you're going to vom.