Travels in Central Asia Being the Account of a Journey from Teheran Across the Turkoman Desert on the Eastern Shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand

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Departure from Gömüshtepe Character of our late Host Turkoman Mounds or Tombs Disagreeable Adventure with Wild Boars Plateau to the North of Gömüshtepe Nomad Habits Turkoman Hospitality The last Goat Persian Slave Commencement of the Desert A Turkoman Wife and Slave Etrek Persian Slaves Russian Sailor Slave Proposed Alliance between Yomuts and Tekke Rendezvous with the Kervanbashi Tribe Kem Adieu to Etrek Afghan makes Mischief Description of Karavan.

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