[i]

TRAVELS
INTO
BOKHARA;
&c. &c.

VOL. II.

[ii]

London:
Printed by A. Spottiswoode,
New-Street-Square.

[iii]

TRAVELS
INTO
BOKHARA;
BEING THE ACCOUNT OF
A JOURNEY FROM INDIA TO CABOOL, TARTARY, AND PERSIA;

ALSO, NARRATIVE OF
A VOYAGE ON THE INDUS,
FROM THE SEA TO LAHORE,
WITH PRESENTS FROM THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN;
PERFORMED UNDER THE ORDERS OF THE SUPREME GOVERNMENTOF INDIA, IN THE YEARS 1831, 1832, AND 1833.

BY
LIEUT. ALEXR BURNES, F.R.S.
OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY’S SERVICE;
AST POLITICAL RESIDENT IN CUTCH, AND LATE ON A MISSION TOTHE COURT OF LAHORE.

----“Per syrtes iter æstuosas,
... per inhospitalem
Caucasum, vel quæ loca fabulosus
Lambit Hydaspes.”
Hor.

IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

MDCCCXXXIV.

[v]

CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER XII.
JOURNEY IN THE DESERT OF THE TOORKMUNS.
Page
Journey to the Oxus.—Sand Hills.—Freezing of the Oxus.—Meanness of native Traders.—The Oxus.—Oxus of Alexander’s Historians.—Charjooee: its Bazar.—The Desert.—Slaves.—The Caravan.—Well of Balghooee.—Dangers of the Desert.—Seerab.—Camel’s Milk—An eastern Caravan.—Oochghooee and wandering Toorkmuns.—Ruins of Castles.—Moorghab.—Remarks on the Desert.—A Toorkmun Camp.—Orgunje Officers.—Precarious Situation1-34
CHAP. XIII.
CONTINUATION OF THE JOURNEY IN THE TOORKMUN DESERT.
River of Merve.—Amusements.—Knights and Heroines of Merve.—Alarm.—Toorkmuns: their Laws of Plunder.—Training of the Horses.—Reflections.—Meeting[vi] of the Caravan.—Claims against us.—Continuation of the Desert.—Whirlwinds.—The High Lands of Persia.—Mirage.—Plants of the Desert.—Allamans.—Unsuccessful Party.—Arrival at Shurukhs.—Detention.—Alarms.—Dissipation of them.—Toorkmun Customs.—Fortitude of a Slave.—Toorkmun Song.—Toorkmun House.—Mode of Feasting.—Success of the Allamans.—Inconveniences.—Mad Camel.—Departure from Shurukhs.—Increased Caravan.—Entrance into Persia.—Moozderan or Durbund.—Approach to Meshid.—Tarantulla.—Adventure.—Ghoozkan Slaves.—Troubled Country35-...

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