Next morning our karavan was to enter Herat, having spent more than six weeks on the way hither from Bokhara, a journey that may be easily accomplished in from twenty to twenty-five days.
From the details already furnished, it is apparent that trade on this route is not in a very splendid condition. We will now sum up, in Tenghe, the amount paid altogether for slaves, goods, and cattle at the different places:--
Paid in Tenghe at 75 centimes each.
| Name of the Place | Paid for Bales of Goods | For Camels | Horses | Asses | Slaves |
| Kerki | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| Andkhuy | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| Maymene | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Almar | -- | 3 | 2 | ||
| Fehmguzar | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Kalè Veli | -- | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Murgab | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| Kalè-No | -- | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Kerrukh | -- | 15 | 10 | 5 | |
| Total | 105 | 51 | 32 | 15 | 88 |
When we say, besides, that the interest of money at Herat is twenty per cent., we may form an idea of what the selling price must be to remunerate the merchant for his trouble!
CHAPTER XIV.
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 ANSAEI, AND OF DOST MOHAMMED KHAN. |
---Isidori Characeni, Mansiones Parthicae, 17, apud Müller. Geograph. Gr. minores.