Five days' journey farther on from here is, as I learnt from the accounts of many different persons, the first Russian fort and post of the Cossacks.

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ROUTES IN THE KHANAT OF KHOKAND.

1. From Khokand to Oosh (a straight road).

From To Tash
Khokand Karaultepe 5
Karaultepe Mergolan 5
Mergolan Sherikhan 4
Sherikhan Endigan 3
Endigan Oosh 4


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The journey can be performed in two-wheeled carts in four days.

2. From Khokand to Oosh (by Namengan).

From To Tash
Khokand Bibi Uveida 3
Bibi Uveida Sehri Menzil 2
Sehri Menzil Kirghis kurgan 4
Kirghis kurgan Namengan 4
Namengan Üsch kurgan 3
Üsch kurgan Gömüshtepe 5
Gömüshtepe Oosh 4


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Besides these two principal roads, there is a mountainous route from Tashkend to Namengan; offering, however, many perilous places, which entail the necessity of much laborious exertion. Although the distance is only 45 miles, one requires ten days to [{418}] traverse it. It passes by the following places: Toy Tepe, Karakhitai Tilav, Koshrobat, Mollamir, Babatarkhan, Shehidan (where the Russians were defeated by Mehemmed Ali Khan), Kamishkurgan, Pnngan, Haremseray, Uygur, Pop, Seng, Djust, Törekurgan, Namengan.

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ROUTES IN CHINESE TARTARY.