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    -¦--y—w - — : CHAELE8 THE GREAT.*

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    live in miserable mud huts with thatched roof a made of reeds with a thin facing of mudand

    yet there - pp . is p > plenty p * - of timber _ a a J to -. m be pm ' had pfc ^ p , , close 4 A at hand . Their temperament is that of a

    has race been with impoverished high-strung nerves "by an whose unwholesome blood

    climate . ' M . Bonvalot , having secured the services

    of an interpreter , continued his journey to Meshed h i v h - ^ p- ^ v ^ p ^ the - ^»~ h hh hol h- - ^^ p- ~ y w » city » of Persia w- ^^ - a ^ p ^^ pr place ~^^ p ° which ¦» » ¦ 1

    gains ™ — — A — — its A , chief pi ^^^* A ^ pfe ^ renown ^^ p ^^»* ' ^ pp * ^™ ^^ r j fro pk ~^ " ~ ^ " ^ ^^^ m - ^™ - - ^™~ ^ ppp the . ^ B ^^^ ^ w , ^ pa fac ^ b p ^^»~ t - ^ . ¦ ^»» w th ^ m ~ p ^ p ^ at ™ —^^ the p . — Mh ™ — tomb of Imam Hiza is there . A great portion

    of the city is in the hands of the peepers of the sepulchrethe chief of whom is the most

    importan ^ t grandee , a * in ^ t he pk ) place pk . Meshed pp ^ ^ ppp ppj ^ p * is A . a great commercial centre , and the Russian

    trad Tartars pp- pp- p ¦ p — e ppp- with w » who pp pt p » p" the pp- have ^ ppp * pp- 1 p p * -p- il pp settled p grims pK " ¦¦ ^^ pppppbppp- there who w w ^ p ^ v - » pp- , * drive year w pjp » - wp * pv a , b rpp th v y w ri year w v ing « «¦* , V

    visit the shrine * He next pushed on by way of Merv and across the steppe to Bokhara

    and made his first long halt at Sam & rcand , a , citp - ¦^ p- ^— - ~ - ~ m with ™™ ^™ -p ^ pf ^^» which » ™ ¦ ^^^ - ^^ - ^^— ^™ - i his ^^^^^™ ¦ ^ " ^^» ¦ previous pj ^^^ ~ p ^ p ~ w ^^^ v ^^—~ ^^*^ ph v ^ pp- travels ^ pp 1 ^^^ v -p ^ p-p p * ^^ pp ^ p ^ v ^^ pr ^ had ^ p ^ v ^ pjp- ^ pp ^ P ^ PP

    rendered him quite tamiliar . It was at this ¦ stage - ¦ - Pi of his lon r g ¦ journey that the mostf

    difficult ™ AM A ^ L ppps ^ ^ K - — " ~ - ^^ and ™ ~~~ ^ ¦ A ^^™ h azardous ^^ " ' ^ "^ ^ P *^ PK B I ^» part ^^~ ^^»^^ " ^^^ W of ^^ _»* . ^^^^ his ^_> ^^ " ^^ ^ - & ^ enterprise ^^ ^^*^^ B ~^^^ ^^^^^^ ' ^^ ^ - »^^ ^^ began w ^^^ ^^^ B ^^ h ^^ ^^^ ^^ . ^ The ^^^^ ^^^^ ¦ ^^^ r route ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ r ^ v ^^ ^^^ which « v ^^ h ^^^ ^^^ ^^ p ^^ ^^^ ^ he ^^ ^ p ^ ^^^ r ^ had ^ ^^ V ^^ v ^^ P ^^ F ^^ determined ^^^ ' ^^ r ^^ ^^ V ^^^ p fl ^^ p ^^^^^ P ^^^ ^^ B ^^ p W ^^^^ ^^ " ^^ P

    to the follow unexplored on leaving faktnesses Sam of arcand Afghanistan lay throug but h

    he had no sooner entered the country than , his further progress was barred by Ishak Khan

    by whom he was arrested on the further side , of the Oxus . The matter was referred to

    Cabul , but the only result was that the action of Ishak Khan was confirmedso that ' nothing

    remained to M . Bonvalot but , to beat a retreat across a toilsome country to Samarcand—a

    time city — — at in which " ^ the —¦ - ¦ - ™ - depth ^" he " ^ — ^ B — thus of ~ " ^^ " arrived the ^~ ^ " ^^ ¦¦ winter » ^^^ ^^^^ for ' ^^ ^^^^ ^^» the ^ in p ^^ p » ^ w 1886 ¦^^^ sixth P' ^ pjpp ^ pppp ^ ^ pjp ^ Tp . T

    He one ¦ had road made or another up ¦ ¦ h - his ¦ ¦ ¦ and mind before to reach he had India solved by

    the ^ pa — ' ^— ' - ^ dilemma pBk ^ apfe —— — -- —— - ^— — —» - - in r id ^^— which — ¦• ^ * — ^ , " ^ ^ p p > —— - his pvk - ^— ^^ a " ^^— »^ repulse — —m ~ - ^^ p- ^^^ " ^^» " ^ ^ ^ H ^ ^^^ ^^ Pf ^ p on ^ ^ W ^ M ^ P the ^ ^ P" ^ ^ P ^ * ^ ^^ ' ^^ Pf P ^^ P banks ^ ^ _ ^ PP ^ P ^ Pf P' ^ PP ^ ^ plP ^ of ¦ "w the ~ —r ~^^ Oxus ~~~ ¦ had ~—r - ^— — landed ¦ h ^ v v ^ h - ^^^ -- h v ^ him VV «¦ « PJ an Pf old «> PJP ^ ppp ac PP - " ^— " ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ , ^^ pp ^^ pr ^^ p ^ ^ PJpTVT ^^

    quaintance Samarcand m h ^ ^ - - - ^^— — - " ^— " ^ ¦ ¦ - " ^^^ - " ^— ^» ^^ ¦ ¦ —r ~ -m- , , - ^ m and - ~ - ^» General " ^^— ¦ " ^^ " ^ M I h - ¦ ¦ . ^^ Bonvalot - ^ - ^•^^—^ h ^ Karalkoff — h ^ ^ - ^^ h ^ r ^^^ ^^^ ^ pv pB nat ^ ^ p ^ ^ p ^ p , urall ^ PP ^ Pt PPP 1 arrived ^ P /^ P PPPB PPPt y PJ soug BP ^ pT ^ pF ¦¦¦ ^ Pjp ^ p p ^ p > ht pPBf at ^^

    his him advice about . the ' After Pamir a long Kash conversation ¦ ¦! gari Pk BlPt aand with the

    recent Ue General — nera l journeys —r ivaralkott K aralkoff -m — w— undertaken said said r , — to to me me ^ ip ^^ ^ m ^ m . in P ^ * " ' ^ ' ^¦ p ' Whv Wh this ^^^ , VI y pp- ^ pr pp reg ^ should Rhnulri PH ^^ - ^ pp ion ^ Pp ^ p ^ pp > ^ ,

    you even not by try the to Pamir enter i ? India No attempt by , Kash ppi garia has k ppj iP ever , or

    been enterprise — — ^^ ^¦ " ^ » ^ ^ - ~ ¦¦ ™™ ¦ p ^ made ¦ »^^ ^ ^ ~ ^^ ^^^^ - ^ ¦¦* is ™— «^^ v - ^ r to regarded i ¦ ^ ¦ apr _ PVPh exp — - ^^ - ^ ^^ - ^ i ™™ - ^ r — r— lore ~^^ ^ ¦ » ™ as ^^ ^^ ~ it ^^ - ^ * ¦ ¦ - hopeless ^^^ ^ - in ^ ^>^ ^ kP ^ pr p ^ ^ v ^ p ^ ^ winter PpPF pp « ^ ^ p i « ^ h ^ ^ P pjpp ^ p ^ ipp ^ m pj ^ * m pp . p W ^ ' ^ " * w , But ippbpp ^ p ^ and Pap ^ p a ^^ T pj p « pf pjpp who vj PJ ^ p the ^ T pppi ^ pp p ^ r ^ « pp 0 ^

    less can tell the % astute It mi old ght Russian be worth soldier trying / thoug ' ' Doubt h PPJ he

    knew - ¦ --- — - — ~~ — very - ~ ™ - ~ - ~~ well ^— " that - - » — r he — — ^^ V was — - ^ ^— - ^^ v ^^ ' ^ P sending P ^ H , ^ m ^ p ^^ ^^ ^^ iPM M JPJPk P ^ the PP PPM ^^^ French * ¦ ¦ ' ~ - " ^ p » " ~^ r w ^ p ^ traveller ^ p > ^^ p pb — ' ^ p- p ^ pip ^ p- - ^ on ^ p- pjpj" a 'P" ^ risky ppi pp ¦ ph pppppj * * v pJpWppp and p"p * ^ PTW » rather pp * WpPPipT ^ pT •¦» pp . ^^^ ¦¦ * pwt fool ^ ppit ^* p * p » -

    that har — ^ ¦ — — dy the - » ^— ^ v exploit - ^^ oft - ^^ - ^^ ^ p - ' debated — -- , ^— was —^ - ^ pr ^ w anxious »* ¦ question n ~~ - ~^ ^^ P » —^^ ^ P- ^ PJ > for **¦ P « PP military of ' ^^ PJB the VJP" PPJpV * ^ P' practica V *^ PPS reasons > PJpFVaT ^^ pT « jpr MVaJ ^ W PJi . ) ^>

    -bility of a journey in winter over the * roof of the " p ~ ^^~ ~ pp" world r * ^ p' ^^ ^^ ^~ - ** ' —as ^ p ^ pp b ^ v the ^ v ^—* ^~ ^ ¦ p p " lateau ¦ * v ^ ^ p' " ^ pp ~ v ^ pp ^ pi of ^^ pp' pppj the pjv p * wm ^^ * Pamtfr ppppp ^^ V' ** . * " w * *¦ ^ VPJi ppB is BPJ ^"

    called in the East—should once for all be finall ^ v ^ aw ¦ ¦ ¦ w ^ ^^ Afcdk i ^^ ^^^ ™ ¦ y pr bH determined ^^ r ^ ^ pp ^ i ¦¦ ^ pp' v ^^ v ^^^^^ pv ^ p ^ ^ w ~ ^¦ ' ^ ^ p ^*^ ^^ . ^ ^ v ^ v Throug n ¦ ^^^ ^^^ w *^ ^^ v ^ pp- ^ pj pjpi h ppi PPPB General ^ P ^ p * V ^ Pp ) ' ^ V * V Wp ^ P ^ ^ BPM Ppr ^ ' ^ BB ppfp Karal ^^ pp ^^ p p ^ hp - ^^ «^^^ H > B i ^ PtA ^ _ > _

    koff Bonvalot i , Khan ¦ ¦ ¦ and t guides his companions i ¦ ¦ - ¦ were - ¦ ¦ ¦ -r ~ obtained wb having i Pi , equipped and M ^>^ .

    themselves th ¦ ei ^^ r !¦ — ¦ ^^ way ^^ - ^ h — ~ - ' ' — as over ~~ ~— — — if ^^ ^^^— ¦ p » for the ™ ^^ ¦ " the pr ^ vast ~ " ^ bf — Arctic ^ wm * m ^ p ^ »^^ plains , ^^^ v ^ v ^ r ^ P pi ^ p reg PT ^ P ^^ PP ions P ^ P whiclj ^^ h ^^^ P ^ ^ w ^ ppjp P ^ , rita p > V ^^ lie de ^^^^ ^^^^^^

    and between PK ^ ^* ¦^ V ^*> ^^ p . ¦ ** i ^ the ^ i ^ ^ v ^ p ^ vp 1 * the sea r- PI r ~* ^^^ - r p 1 frontiers - ^ ^ of ^ ~ r w > mountains ^^ - ^ ¦ ¦ _ i ~ —*~ p P > ^ pv ^ H ¦ ¦¦ ¦ v ^ of « r ^—^ * ¦ ¦ ¦ i APk v ^^ ¦¦ Chinese ~ f I ^^ p ** which ^ v ^ F v ^^ p v ppp PP ppp PP Ph Turkistan ^ w ta fonris ^ fPW ^ b pr ^^ ppb ppb ^ p ^ ^ ^ p P ^ pvJ ^ d V . the VBf P a PV ^ B * p ^^ p ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ p ^^^ ^ pp * ^^ ' ^^ ^^^^^^ p ^ ^ p ^^^^ * " ™ " ^^ *¦¦ ^^^ vpp ^ p ^^^ p , ^ " pP ^ ^ pP * mfe P ^* ^* l ^^ P V ~ P *^ ^* " Pjk ^^^^^

    After southern much boundary privation of the many loft exciting y Altai adven Chain - .

    jl tures , and several hairbreadt , h escapes in the

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    practicall desolate y and iintraversed srfow-mantle ; tegfon d hi - ——¦ ghland the s gallant of this

    ^ y -- ——i w - | lorers — - w ¦ ¦ - —^ — — slowly p » ppp— pp -p » pp- -pp- ^ fought — ' -- ¦ —¦¦ " ¦¦¦; - ¦» . ¦» their — - p ^ """""¦ , iiray . -p—pp-pp pw on # aJrds fapTMj ^ y with a t > a pluck ^ ' and persistency T ! ' - which ' ba > ¦ did ¦ * mhb them , pa p . T « pk > ^ . ppi' - » p > _ . p , «¦ . ' ' ' •

    and infinite descending credit . , to the the pa pass head . . proved of Chitral that even galley in ,

    , ' ' , ' liew mid At M * -winter route . « a . . it More was possible than , ApB IM once ' fo pp .. re . ach attemp 4 India * P ^ «¦ ts were ^ by a

    made to stop their progress , and , at Mastudj they ^ " ¦ pp > Pp ) 90 were P V V * v ^ P ^ kept pppp 1 ^ pPr - L in ppj pbppjf durance - ^ r ^ ^ ' . P'P ^ ^ P > pap ^ v W ^ pb ^ r ^ pp' vile V pp- ^ " » ^^ ^ for w ^ P ^ . P ^ nitte P ^ tppi pp pP > W - ' ahd ^ JTV p ^^ L V ^ JV - p

    forty days , and even then were only pernoitted to proceed on their journey when Loid Dufferin

    personally interposed on their behalf . When Jasin had been left behind , and Kashmir

    and traversed , gettin , the g travellers on to the rea beaten ched Rawal track Pindee , their ,

    stage wilderness of the perils journ were ey ended at an end at , Simla and the where last

    the Viceroy gave them the hearty welcome , which their courageous explorations merited .

    Perhaps to most people tha . chief interest of the book will be found in the fact-that

    M . Bonvalot professes to be in a position to express the ' public opinion' of Asia in regard

    to the estimate placed upon the rival Western n ijct ations biuiis which vvuiuii have iia , vu invaded liivfctueu the wit ; jii Ea & i st » i > . . ; , * Ten leu

    years troubled ago themselves the people about of Central the Eng Asia lish onl but y

    aeked now they * pm u ^ all are ' sorts interested p > * of q uestions in pi the . pi Russians aap about ^ ^^ V - pi them , and .

    The Russians are thought to be made of better stuff throughout all Asia , and as their finances

    do not admit of their indulging in the prodigalities of the Anglo-Indians , the people are ;

    with more the struck English by their it is the military depth power of their ; whilst purse ! which creates so much surprise . They full ipjf

    recognise v v pppp > pj -pjp- pppp pp * pj * prupp * the pp' pv pjp w co ^ p' u rage >« o » pjji pppp > « jr im ^ m of ip * * pt * j >^^ the vqpr 0 ^ * iv * p Eng * v ^ vp lish > ^ b ^ ^^ , «^ they vppw y i ad mire their wanderfu 1 public w orks an d their |

    fixed fine ^^^»^^™ " ^™ - ^ ^™ ¦ railways on ^^ PW the ^» ^^^^^ ' ^^ , Russian ^^^ H - and ^^ «^ ¦ » "'^ ^^ H ^^— yet ' ^ ^^^^ ^ s ^ PP' and VWPPPB they - ^ TPV expect ^ PJjp keep ^~ " ^^ P PpT ^ P ^ ^ P ^ PP their something w ^^ " ' ^ P ^^ ^^«^^^^ PJPF PJP ^ eyes VPI ^ PIPIVPPPH

    good opt of them . It is difficult to win the gratitude PP ^ Pl ^ ^ ^ ^^ r PP * " ^ P " ^^^ P * ^ P *^ ^ P * of ~ PP ^ ^ PP > Asiatics PPPJ ^^^ v ¦ ' ^^ v ppBpjrpp' ^ p * ^^ - ^ pbf ^¦^ pp or - ^ p > ppgr " to *^ PJJ > ^ P * p satisf ^ i ^^ ap ^ P 1 ^ PBT pP > PJPj ^ PPPT y PJ them PJT PPrpjPJ ^ PBV PPJ > pP * P ^ B ; PJT Vp and PPJTPPP 1 PP » " ^ I

    even those of India are not satisfied . I don't know what thexpect to get k out of ppi a change

    and I ^ ' - » they » » » ^™ ¦ " - are w - ^ - ^ pvpt perhaps * ey "PP- w - ^ PPr ^» pp » pjpv p as PP' ^» r ¦ P ' childish ^ ^ - p ^^^ " i ^ ^ P * ^*^ p **™ in " ^ P' . this ^^ w ^ JJ respect * ^ PP v /^ pp > ^^^^ % ^^ , W as — - ^^ -rm- certain ^^ f- ¦ ¦ ^^ p- ^»^ " ^^ - ^— ¦ ¦ other " ^^ " ^™ - ¦ —^^ h v ^^ nations " ¦ ^^ " ^^ ^^^ ^ —^^ ^ pp » ^^ " ^^ " — - *^ p » ; ^ m but P" ^ P ^ ^^ P 1 ^ ^ PP all ^^ P ^^ P" ^^^ ""^ Vi I ^ ^ know ^^ " *^^ " 4 W ^^ ~^^ T ^ ^ W is ¦ -

    the that ¦¦ ¦ Russians man r y ¦ a discontented are herethings Hindu will say be s ch : an " ged When . "'

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    of the personal , incidents which are recorded for ¦ V ¦ more ¦ ¦ ¦ exact ¦ information ¦ ¦ ¦ concerning i i the

    traits ^— ~ and ^ —— ^^^ PP customs P >*«^^^ ^ P ^ ^ P ~ " ^ ^ PP p " ^^ of ^^^ ^ W ^ B W the ^^^^ p ^ « p ^ ^ PBP HT P ^^ peop P ^^ ^ PPPT ^^^ » le ^^«^ ^ Bpp > ^ p ^ whom ^*^ pi PP ^^ " ^ P ^ P" ^ ^^ S ^ B ^ B ^ M P' ^^ ^^ . Bonvalot ¦ ¦ ^ p ^—^— — ^~ ^ ^^ - ^ ^^ —~~ encountere ™ p ¦ ¦ ¦ ^^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^ " ¦ ^ - ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ d ^ " ~~ PPJ in ^^^ ^^^ " pp > the ^ P » VPV ^ B * ^ p ~ various V ^ p ^^ pr ^¦¦¦ P ^ PIP ^ p ^ pp- ^ ^^ ^ " w ^ pP- stages ^ P- ^^ p ^^ P" > prv ^^|^^& ^*^^ ^^^ P * of ^ P ^

    his P * " ^^ P « 5 - ^ - p pt in - ¦ ¦ long —¦¦— ' accompanied ^^ - ^ - ^» - ^ - ^ and ^ r ~ - *~ ^ v pbj— ' " ^— " — ™ arduous ^^^^ ¦¦ ¦ —»» the ^ p ^ - ^ ppjp ^ r ^ author PP- ^ F journ " ^ PPPfJ ^ PT PVPq "PP ^ PP ey ^ all ^^^ r ^ p" » . the ^ v p ^ wp ^ v M - ^ pp- . way pr P psPPP Albert * P , ^ P Pffjp and ' ^^ p ^^^^ - ~

    his clever illustrations but have are not ht in onl the y humorou most realistic s and caug

    fashion . Pt ^ P A , the . ^ Pl characteristics ABJ _ ^ ^ of the ^^ wild i ^ _& ^^ and often imposing i i i scenery through which Pfr the

    exp w ^~~^ - ^— —^^ lorers ^ - ^ p p ° ¦ — - — pr- ^ passed ^^ —^^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ A ^^^ A . ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ PP" ^ P ^ ^ P ^ P » PJ ^ P" ^» w ^^ P * P « p ^¦•¦ T ^ p » "W" p ^^^ PI ^^^ ^^^ V * p- pp ^^ ^ pp pppp ^ pp ^ P- ^^^ ^ bp 1 ^^ ^ ' ^ ^^—

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1889, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021889/page/6/