The routes are two: the one by Hezaresp and Deregöz southwards through the desert (the traveller can perform this journey on horseback in twelve days); the other way passes by Merv, and has the following principal stations or wells:--

1. Dari. [Footnote 152]
2. Sagri.
3. Nemekabad.
4. Shakshak.
5. Shur ken.
6. Akyap.
7. Merv.

[Footnote 152: Dari is reached on the first day from Khiva.]

3. From Khiva to Bokhara (a high road) .

From To Farsz.
Parasangs
[2-4 miles]
Khiva Khanka 6
Khanka Shurakhan 5
Shurakhan Ak Kamish 6
Ak Kamish Töyeboyun 8
Töyeboyun Tünüklü 6
Tünüklü Utch udjak 10
Utch udjak Karaköl 10
Karaköl Bokhara 9


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4. From Khiva to Khokand.

There is a route through the desert without touching Bokhara. At Shurakhan, one leaves the Khanat of Khiva, and reaches Khodjend ordinarily in from ten to twelve days inclusive. The journey may, however, be shortened by turning off to Djizzak. This was the route taken by Conolly in company of a Khokandi prince, whom he had met in Khiva.

5. From Khiva to Kungrat and the Shore of the Aral Sea.

From To Tash or Farsz
Khiva Yenghi Urgendj 4
Yenghi Urgendj Görlen 6
Görlen Yenghi Yap 3
Yenghi Yap Khitai 3
Khitai Manghit 4
Manghit Kiptchak 1
Kiptchak Kamli 2
Kamli Khodja Ili 22 (desert)
Khodja Ili Kungrat 4
Kungrat Hekim Ata 4
Hekim Ata Tchortangöl 5
Tchortangöl Bozatav 10
Bozatav Shore of the Sea 5