Nearest the pole; and wandering Kirghizes,
Who come on shaggy ponies from Pamere:[B]
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The Tatars of the Oxus, the king’s guard,
First, with black sheepskin caps, and with long spears;
Large men, large steeds, who from Bokhara come,
And Khiva, and ferment the milk of mares.
Next, the more temperate Toorkums of the south,
The Tukas, and the lances of Salore,
And those from Attruck, and the Caspian sands—