II. THE KHANATE OF BOKHARA, THE PROVINCE OF SAMARKAND, THE DISTRICTS OF TASHKENT AND MERV 25 III. FROM TASHKENT TO MERV 58 IV. THE NORTHERN BORDER AND THE OXUS RIVER: ITS CHARACTER, TRIBUTARIES AND FORDS 81 V. THE MURGHAB VALLEY RAILWAY 110 VI. THE MURGHAB VALLEY 131 VII. HERAT AND THE WESTERN BORDER 147 VIII. KANDAHAR 178 IX. SEISTAN AND THE MCMAHON MISSION 211 X. PROVINCES AND DISTRICT CENTRES, ETHNOGRAPHICAL AND OROLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION 242 XI. ADMINISTRATION, LAWS AND REVENUE 269 XII. TRADE: INDUSTRIES AND PRODUCTS 288 XIII. ARMY, FORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS 308 XIV. KABUL: ITS PALACES AND COURT LIFE 342 XV. KABUL AND ITS BAZAARS 376 XVI. ANGLO-AFGHAN RELATIONS 400 XVII. ANGLO-AFGHAN RELATIONS (_continued_) 427 APPENDICES I. NAMES OF STATIONS ON THE ORENBURG-TASHKENT RAILWAY 461 II. (A) LIST OF STATIONS FROM TASHKENT TO MERV, WITH DISTANCES FROM KRASNOVODSK AND TASHKENT 463 II. (B) MURGHAB VALLEY RAILWAY: LIST OF STATIONS FROM MERV TO KUSHKINSKI POST, WITH DISTANCES FROM KRASNOVODSK AND MERV 464 III. TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS 465 IV. THE TREATY OF GANDAMAK, ETC. ETC. 466 V. TIME TABLES OF THE OXUS FLOTILLA 519 VI. RETURN OF ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM RUSSIA TO KHORASSAN DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 21, 1903, TO MARCH 20, 1904, COMPARED WITH 1900-03 522 VII. RETURN OF ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM KHORASSAN TO RUSSIA DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 21, 1903, TO MARCH 20, 1904, COMPARED WITH 1900-03 526 VIII. RETURN OF ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM AFGHANISTAN TO KHORASSAN AND SEISTAN DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 21, 1903, TO MARCH 20, 1904, COMPARED WITH 1900-03 529 IX. RETURN OF ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM KHORASSAN AND SEISTAN TO AFGHANISTAN DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 21, 1903, TO MARCH 20, 1904, COMPARED WITH 1900-03 531 X. RETURN OF ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM INDIA TO KHORASSAN _viâ_ THE SEISTAN ROUTE DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 21, 1903, TO MARCH 20, 1904 534 XI. RETURN OF ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM KHORASSAN TO INDIA _viâ_ THE SEISTAN ROUTE DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 21, 1903, TO MARCH 20, 1904 535