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CHAPTER VIII. 



FROM YARKAXD TO AKSU. 



TOUCHING FAREWELLS BOWER TAKES ANOTHER ROUTE 



ON THE ROAD TO MARALBASHI A FALCON PARTY- 

 HOSPITABLE VILLAGERS A FOREST OF THE PAST SHOOT- 

 ING JERAN A MUSICAL TURKI SPOILS SPORT A FALSE 



ALARM VISITED BY A CHINAMAN A FINE STAG THE 



YANGI HISSAR A CARAVANSERAI TIGERS A MESSAGE 



FROM BOWER CHILLON MARCH TO AKSU MAHOMED 



AMIN A WELCOME NAZAR THE TIAN SHAN MOUNTAINS 



AN EXCITING GALLOP CURIOUS HUTS WILD CAMEL. 



As there was what is called a good road to 

 Kashgar, Bower engaged an araba, or country 

 cart, with a top to it. It had two wheels, each 

 6 feet in diameter, one horse in the shafts, and 

 a pair, sometimes three, in the lead. We were 

 astonished at what we considered the unneces- 

 sary length of traces, rather more than a horse's 

 length from nose to tail, of the leaders ; but once 

 on the road, this was soon explained. It was 



