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arrangement, and trust the exclusion of visitors will 

 be continued, though officially I have remonstrated 

 against it. The governor, in reply to my question, 

 " "Whether the Khan Huzarut of Khiva wished me to 

 be treated as a prisoner during my stay at Merv 1 " 

 has sent a very humble answer, saying that he feared 

 some of my property would be stolen and my rest 

 disturbed by visitors, and that therefore he prevented 

 any Turkomans from entering the square assigned for 

 my residence. 



May 24:th. Brutus very anxious for the visit of the 

 governor, but I feel confident he will not do us that 

 honour. To-morrow is the grand market-day, and 

 horses, camels, grain, and slaves may be had in great 

 abundance. I must buy camels, as I have to carry 

 water and grain for ten days for my party. 



May 25th. The governor sent his servant to say 

 he could not call, as he was in mourning for his 

 brother, who, by the way, died eight months back ; 

 he wants me to call on him, but this I have not 

 agreed to. I said, if he had made the excuse the 

 first day I would have called ; but as he was a 

 servant of the Khan Huzarut, who was our friend, 

 I thought it due to the latter to make the customary 

 present before leaving, so I sent a Cashmere shawl 

 He is a dog, but it is as well to throw him a bone, as 

 I am compelled to pass through his kennel. The 

 Wolf returned to me before sunset. He reached Herat 

 from the Murghab, a distance of 140 miles, in 36 



