text: " But however widely apart the nonchalance of the Moslem and the matter-of-fact diligence of the Parsee [5] may have placed them respectively in their appreciation of the scientific marvels of the Polytechnic Institution they meet on common ground in their admiration of the wax-work exhibition of Madame Tussaud; though the Khan who was not sufficiently acquainted with the features of our public characters to judge of the likenesses expresses his commendation only in general terms