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FROM KHIVA TO BOKHARA.

Departure from Khiva for Bokhara Ferry across the Oxus Great Heat Shurakhan Market Singular Dialogue with Kirghis Woman on Nomadic Life Tünüklü Alaman of the Tekke Karavan alarmed returns to Tünüklü Forced to throw itself into the Desert, 'Destroyer of Life' Thirst Death of Camels Death of a Hadji Stormy Wind Precarious State of Author Hospitable Reception amongst Persian Slaves First Impression of Bokhara the Noble.