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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



ERECTING A TURKOMAN TENT 



The poles and lattice-work are made of the lightest possible wood, in order to be easily 



transported 



A TURKOMAN READY FOR THE TRAIL 



Before the coming of the Russians, Turkomans mounted and equipped just as is this man 

 often rode 80 or 100 miles in a day on slave-taking raids into Persia 



