. Russian Central Asia : including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv. WOMENSPREMISES -I CQ< h [ [ YARD FLOUR O MILLSO OIL o dl <[ o GARDEN VISITORS 1 ROOM GARI KITCHEN platform Servantsr-i iRooms :w. c. - Mi HAWKROOM ) The machine was turned by a horse blindfolded, andpadded here and there, so that, in going round theconfined space in which it moved, the animal mightnot rub or bruise itself against the walls. The traceswere made of a bent branch of a tree. The oilsold, they said, for 32 tengas, which they called12s. \od. a batman (say 4^. per lb.), and is used alike FROM KHIVA TO TASHAUZ.
. Russian Central Asia : including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv. WOMENSPREMISES -I CQ< h [ [ YARD FLOUR O MILLSO OIL o dl <[ o GARDEN VISITORS 1 ROOM GARI KITCHEN platform Servantsr-i iRooms :w. c. - Mi HAWKROOM ) The machine was turned by a horse blindfolded, andpadded here and there, so that, in going round theconfined space in which it moved, the animal mightnot rub or bruise itself against the walls. The traceswere made of a bent branch of a tree. The oilsold, they said, for 32 tengas, which they called12s. \od. a batman (say 4^. per lb.), and is used alike FROM KHIVA TO TASHAUZ. 325 for burning, cooking, and in making pilau. Oil-cakesells from 3s. to 4s. per cvvt. Adjoining the oil-mill was a chamber with two flour-mills, the larger, in the centre, to be turned by horseor ass, or, if they were in use, the smaller could beturned by a woman.* In Russian Turkistan, wheatgrinding is usually effected by water power on the. A CENTRAL ASIAN CORN-MILL. banks of the aryks, though there are 16 windmills setup at Kazalinsk by Russians. Our hosts mill, keptgoing all day with a horse, would grind 6 cwt. From the flour-mill we went to a stable, which * Thus illustrating admirably the pvXos ovikos, or ass mill-stone, tobe hanged about a mans neck (Matt, xviii. 6 ; Mark ix. 42), and thehand mill-stone at which two women shall be grinding (Matt. xxiv. 41).Grinding the mill was a menial occupation for a man, and was reservedfor slaves and captives. Hence the Philistines made blind Samson doit (Judges xvi. 21). One of Jeremiahs lamentations (v. 13) was, Theytook the young men to grind, and Isaiah (xlvii. 2) bids the tender and 326 RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA. appeared to run along the whole side of the havli, andthen to another building, wherein were only a fewhorses, donkeys, cows, and a camel ; but there wassaid to be accommodation in the two stables, or sheds,for a hundred cattle. More novel than these lastbuildings, how
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