. Russian Central Asia : including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv. ur of my turquoise bridle,embroidered saddle-cloth, and robes of honour, dazzlesall who see them, and they are rendered doubly valu-able, of course, by the circumstances under which theywere received. But besides these additional favoursbestowed, it was as if another son of the East hadsaid, Howsoever, let all thy wants lie upon me.*Nor did I quite see in Bokhara how duly to acknow-ledge such thorough-going hospitality ; but I wentcarefully through my kit for such things as I couldpossibly spare, and which I deemed might be ac
. Russian Central Asia : including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv. ur of my turquoise bridle,embroidered saddle-cloth, and robes of honour, dazzlesall who see them, and they are rendered doubly valu-able, of course, by the circumstances under which theywere received. But besides these additional favoursbestowed, it was as if another son of the East hadsaid, Howsoever, let all thy wants lie upon me.*Nor did I quite see in Bokhara how duly to acknow-ledge such thorough-going hospitality ; but I wentcarefully through my kit for such things as I couldpossibly spare, and which I deemed might be accept-able to the Emir. There was first my india-rubberbed and pillows, which I thought might be a comfortto his Majestys bones in case of illness. AccordinglyI showed one of the attendants how to screw on the * Judges xix. 20. FROM BOKHARA TO CHARJUL 161 bellows and inflate the bed. This appeared greatly totickle his fancy, though I doubt whether he had useda screw before. To this I added an excellent filter, topreserve his Majesty, I said, from rishta; a pair of. THE AUTHOR IN ROBE OF HONOUR, WITH TURQUOISE BRIDLE, PRESENTED BY THE EMIR OF BOKHARA. mosquito curtains, the like to which I had seen nothingin the khanate ; an electro pepper and salt case, pre-sented to me by Messrs. Langton and Son, whosetravelling requisites I have found so useful, besides VOL. II. 11 i62 RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA. an enamelled travelling bottle of their bringing out,that is by far the best I have seen ; also a fine damasklinen tray cloth, and some smaller articles. These Ipacked, and wrote a letter telling the Emir that I wasto leave on the morrow for Charjui, thanking himheartily for all the kindness and hospitality I hadreceived, and begging him to accept, as a mark of mygratitude, the few things of European manufacturewhich he would find awaiting his return to the promised further to write again on finishing my tourthrough his kingdom, and this letter I sent to theKush-beggi to forward,
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