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were able to remove at once, as the two hours' patrol- 

 ling had quite cooled the horses. Poor things ! they 

 had still to wait for their provender ; for though we 

 signified that we wished them to be fed directly, the 

 authorities gave us to understand that they must wait. 

 They have a great objection in these parts to feed 

 any particular horse, or horses, except at the same 

 time with all the others, believing that those of the 

 animals who have nothing to eat, hearing the others 

 chumping their corn, are made envious. It is but 

 fair to them to say that they are very kind to the 

 brute creation. To their care we left our quadrupeds 

 awhile, and ascended to what was to be our chamber. 

 We passed along an extensive gallery with a great 

 many doors, at one of which our conductor stopped 

 and produced a large key. We were introduced to 

 a moderately capacious cell, entirely bare of furni- 

 ture, but quite clean. Of this room and key we 

 were put into possession, and throwing down our 

 traps, made ourselves comfortable. It was exactly 

 like the cell of a prison massy stone walls, with one 

 little aperture by way of window, which, however, 

 was not barred, neither was it glazed, at which we 

 were not astonished, for glass is hereaway an expen- 

 sive, or at least an unusual, luxury. The character 

 of the khan is consistently observed throughout, as 

 we learnt subsequently more particularly viz., that 

 of a place which affords necessities, but no super- 

 fluities nothing portable. House and home you 



