Among flowers and trees he should admire the narcissus, the violet and the orange. He should eat his fill of watermelon (‘the best of all fruits’) and ‘rice boiled with spices should be preferred by him to all other eatables.’ A gentleman ‘should not make too much use of tobacco’ but ’should recognize the Fort in Agra as unequalled in the whole world [and] ... must think of Isfahan as the best town in Persia‘; if he insists on travelling he should visit ’Egypt because it is worth seeing‘.
