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Title: Russian Central Asia : including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Lansdell, Henry, 1841-1919 Lansdell, Henry, 1841-1919, inscriber. ins
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Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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I * Reminding one of the troublous times in Israel, when there wasno peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in . . . andnation was destroyed of nation, and city of city (2 Chron. xv. 5, 6)—astate of things with which Jeremiah (xlix. 29) was familiar when heprophesied, Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the East ;their tents and their nocks shall they take away : they shall take tothemselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels. VOL. II. 32 498 RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA, believe for bruising it also, whilst in a third was achild amusing himself with a bird tied by a string.*We managed to purchase a few curiosities from thesenomads ; but the guide, seeing our bent, said he wouldtake us to some Turkomans who were living in housesat Krasnovodsk. We therefore returned, and saw something of thetown. The most striking object is the fortress on theseashore, a large rectangular space, enclosed on thethree sides by a high, well-built, stone wall, and having
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GOVERNOR S HOUSE AND STORES AT KRASNOVODSK. within it the Government offices, officers houses, andsmall barracks. The place gave one the idea of adepot for stores, which are sometimes packed underthe useful Kirghese kibitka, side by side with the lessbulky Russian linen tent. Some of the boats on theshore I noticed were of very primitive make, with flatbottoms, and simply cut out of the trunk of a tree. * A childs plaything, as old as the time of Job (xli. 5), Wilt thouplay with him as with a bird ? ; or, as Renan translates :— Joueras-tu avec lui comme avec un passereau ?Lattacheras-tu avec un ril pour amuser tes enfants ? FR OM KRA SNO VODSK HOME WA RDS. 499 The Turkomans, Persians, and Armenians live with-out the fortress in flat-roofed, stone houses. Into someof these we were led through narrow passages, andshown a variety of massive but coarsely-made jewel-lery, chiefly in the form of amulets worn on the breast.We had an opportunity also during our stay of seeingsomething of th

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