. Russian Central Asia : including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv. he law you have amongyourselves, look ye to it (Acts xviii. 15). What the officer reallyanswered was, however, more considerate. He said, Go first to yourown court, and, if the decision does not please you, come again tome. Further, the case of the two Adaef Kirghese, travelling togetherto present themselves to the judge, brought out the meaning of aphrase, I thought, in Matt. v. 25 : Agree with thine adversary quickly,whiles thoit art with him in the way lest haply the adversarydeliver thee to the judge, and the judge to the
. Russian Central Asia : including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv. he law you have amongyourselves, look ye to it (Acts xviii. 15). What the officer reallyanswered was, however, more considerate. He said, Go first to yourown court, and, if the decision does not please you, come again tome. Further, the case of the two Adaef Kirghese, travelling togetherto present themselves to the judge, brought out the meaning of aphrase, I thought, in Matt. v. 25 : Agree with thine adversary quickly,whiles thoit art with him in the way lest haply the adversarydeliver thee to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and thou becast into prison. 360 RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA. servant for £2 10s. and all found, and to make himselfgenerally useful ; ornamental he could never be, forhis eyes were at cross purposes, he was sadly pittedwith small-pox, and looked many removes from oneof natures gentlemen. The Russians at Petro-Alexandrovsk had said we should be able to get onwithout a Turki-speaking interpreter, but I declinedthe obvious risk ; and our short experience between. A KIRGHESE EQUESTRIENNE. Pitniak and the Russian fort, where we had leftYakoob in the boat, warned me that there might bemany extremely unpleasant little episodes if unableto say so much as Yes or No with our guidesduring a fortnights journey in the wilderness. I was inclined, therefore, to settle with Rosy, aswe afterwards flatteringly called him, especially as weheard nothing of the interpreter promised by the Khan. PREPARATIONS FOR THE DESERT 361 Yakoob, however, suggested that we should keep RosiMahmet as a reserve, and wait to see if the promisedone came, and what he was like. At length, on theafternoon before we started, one Jumagala Mataiefarrived from Nukus, concerning whom Yakoob camein to report that he feared he was too great a swell to do any cooking. Yakoob had also heard him saythat he should not think of asking less than £20 foraccompanying us to Krasnovodsk ! Accordingly, when the grand man was introd
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