. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across COLOXKL ALIKHANOFF. FROM MERV TO HERAT. 473 mander at Askabad about some camels that had been stolen from them bythe Persians. The delegates were kmdlj received, and went home witlia favorable report which ultimately led to the occupation of Merv by asmall force of Russian cavahy and infantry. A fort wsls built, and a ba-zaar opened for the exchange of Russian goods for the products of theOasis, and ever since then the Russians and Mervis h
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across COLOXKL ALIKHANOFF. FROM MERV TO HERAT. 473 mander at Askabad about some camels that had been stolen from them bythe Persians. The delegates were kmdlj received, and went home witlia favorable report which ultimately led to the occupation of Merv by asmall force of Russian cavahy and infantry. A fort wsls built, and a ba-zaar opened for the exchange of Russian goods for the products of theOasis, and ever since then the Russians and Mervis have been on terms offriendship. Of course there Mere some of the Mervis who opposed theadvent of our soldiers, but they are now our earnest advocates, and wouldbe the last to ask us to leave. Merv is about two hundred and forty miles from Herat, and if weshould ever be obliged to march against that Afghan stronghold, the. THE GREAT HIGHWAY OF CENTRAL ASIA. Oasis will be an excellent point to start from after accumulating the neces-sary stores and material of war. It promises to be a good centre of trade,and its importance was easy to comprehend when the English Governmentmade such a fuss as it did about our taking it. Before we were established there, continued the officer, an Englishnewspaper correspondent, Edmund ODonovan, went to Merv by way of 474 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. Persia, and lived in the Oasis for five months. At first the people treatedhim coldly, but he gradually won their confidence and convinced them ofhis friendliness. They made him one of their elders, and appointed himto a place on the Governing Council; he has told the story of his resi-dence among these strange people in an interesting volume entitled TheMerv Oasis. One of the most remarkable journeys ever made on the Turcomansteppes, said the gentleman in conclusion, was accomplished by anothernewspaper correspon
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