On the Road to Khiva

already amid Aral Sea army Asiatic Bashkir bazaar begin Bokhara Bokhariote camels caravan Central Asia CHAPTER citadel civilisation column comes comrade Cossack dark David Stepanovitch desert Djizak door dust dusty English Englishman eyes face farther fellow fortress fresh gaunt grey hand heat horses hour huge hundred journey Kashgar Kaufmann's Kazalinsk Khan Khiva Khiva Expedition Kirghiz Kokan Krasnovodsk Kungrad length look miles morning mosque Mourad native night officers once Orenburg Orsk Oxus pass Perovski post-house postmaster reach ridge river road round route Russian Samarcand sand seen shadow shout side sight soldiers St Petersburg stand steamer steppe stream streets suddenly Syr-Daria tall Tartar Tashkent Tchikishliar tea-urn tell there's thing Tiflis tion town travelling turbaned Turkestan Turkoman turn Ural Uralsk versts waggon wall whole wonder word worth