A Central Asian Orchesti 



The marriage was not to take place until three days later, 

 and all the entertainments and revels then in progress were 

 merely a prehminary canter to which the wedding day would 

 bear no comparison. The band was the most energetic set of 

 musicians I have ever encountered, and they commenced opera- 

 tions every morning soon after daybreak, continuing unin- 

 terruptedly till the evening, and without any of those intervals 

 for refreshment so noticeable with European bandsmen. 



