Excerpt from Russian Central Asia, Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv, Vol. 2 of 2 A new country, little visited by Englishmen. - Changed mode of travel. - Tarantass despatched to Karshi. - My retinue. - Leaving Samar kand for kara-tinbe.-tent lodging in court of a mosque - Slum bers disturbed - Journey towards kitab.-ploughin g and threshing. - Forest plantations - The takhta-karacha Pass. - View of Shahr i-sabz.-descent to Kainar-bulak. - Welcome from Bokhariot ambassadors. - Kainar refreshments - Ride to Kitab. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.