| 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. |