Samarcand to Karshi through Desert
Nomads
Karshi, the Ancient Nakhseb
Trade and Manufacture
Kerki
Oxus
Author charged with being runaway Slave
Ersari Turkomans
Mezari Sherif
Belkh
Author joins Karavan from Bokhara
Slavery
Zeid
Andkhuy
Yeketut
Khairabad
Maymene
Akkale.

CHAPTER XIII.--Page [244]

Maymene
Its Political Position and Importance
Reigning Prince
Rivalry of Bokhara and Kabul
Dost Mohammed Khan
Ishan Eyub and Mollah Khalmurad
Khanat and Fortress of Maymene
Escaped Russian Offenders
Murgab River and Bala Murgab
Djemshidi and Afghan
Ruinous Taxes on Merchandise
Kalè No
Hezare
Afghan Exactions and Maladministration.

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CHAPTER XIV.--Page [269]
HERAT.

Herat
Its Ruinous State
Bazaar
Author's Destitute Condition
The Serdar Mehemmed Yakoub Khan
Parade of Afghan Troops
Interview with Serdar
Conduct of Afghans on storming Herat
Nazir Naim the Vizir
Embarrassed State of Revenue
Major Todd
Mosalla, and Tomb of Sultan Husein Mirza
Tomb of Khodja Abdullah Ansari, and of Dost Mohammed Khan.

CHAPTER XV.--Page [286]
FROM HERAT TO LONDON.

Author joins Karavan for Meshed
Kuhsun, last Afghan Town
False Alarm from Wild Asses
Debatable Ground between Afghan and Persian Territory
Bifurcation of Route
Yusuf Khan Hezareh
Ferimon
Colonel Dolmage
Prince Sultan Murad Mirza
Author avows who he is to the Serdar of Herat
Shahrud
Teheran, and Welcome there by the Turkish Charge d' Affaires, Ismael Efendi
Kind Reception by Mr. Alison and the English Embassy
Interview with the Shah
The Kavvan ud Dowlet and the Defeat at Merv
Return by Trebisond and Constantinople to Pesth
Author leaves the Khiva Mollah behind him at Pesth and proceeds to London
His Welcome in the last-named City.

PART II.

CHAPTER XVI.--Page [301]
THE TURKOMANS.