Above, to the right of the palace, is Mesdjidi Kelan, the largest mosque in Bokhara; it was built by Abdullah Khan Sheibani. {180} After leaving the Righistan, I entered the tea-booth of a Chinese from Komul, [Footnote 51] a man perfectly acquainted with the Turko-Tartar language, and who passed here for a Musselman. This good man was very friendly to me, and yet how far were our homes asunder! He recounted to me much concerning the beautiful locality, much of the customs, and the excellent dishes, too, of his fatherland! But his experience was particularly great in matters connected with teas. How enthusiastically he spoke when treating of the tea-shrub, which displayed upon a single stem leaves of such a variety of flavours! He had in his shop sixteen different kinds, which he could distinguish by the touch. [Footnote 52] [Footnote 51: Komul is distant 40 stations from Kashgar and 60 from Bokhara.] [Footnote 52: The teas were of the following kinds:-- (1) Kyrkma. (2) Akhbar. (3) Ak Kuyruk. These kinds, rarely seen in Central Asia and in China, are more used in Russia, Persia, and Europe. (4) Kara Tchaj. (5) Sepet Tchaj. These two, sold like Chinese Kynaster, pressed into the form of a brick, are drunk only in the morning with cream and salt, and are very stimulating. (6) Shibaglu. (7) Gore Shibaglu. (8) Shivin. (9) It Kellesi. (10) Bönge. (11) Poshun. (12) Pu-Tchay. (13) Tun tey. (14) Gülbuy. (15) Mishk-göz. (16) Lonka. These are all green teas, none others are in favour in the north of China and in Central Asia. The last-named (Lonka) is regarded as the most precious, a single leaf suffices for a cup which equals two of ours. The purchaser first forms a judgment of his tea by tasting a leaf that has been already boiled: when the tea is good the leaf is extremely fine and soft.] {181}