There is a route through the desert without touching Bokhara. At Shurakhan, one leaves the Khanat of Khiva, and reaches Khodjend ordinarily in from ten to twelve days inclusive. The journey may, however, be shortened by turning off to Djizzak. This was the route taken by Conolly in company of a Khokandi prince, whom he had met in Khiva. 5. _From Khiva to Kungrat and the Shore of the Aral Sea._ From To Tash or Farsz Khiva Yenghi Urgendj 4 Yenghi Urgendj Görlen 6 Görlen Yenghi Yap 3 Yenghi Yap Khitai 3 Khitai Manghit 4 Manghit Kiptchak 1 Kiptchak Kamli 2 Kamli Khodja Ili 22 (desert) Khodja Ili Kungrat 4 Kungrat Hekim Ata 4 Hekim Ata Tchortangöl 5 Tchortangöl Bozatav 10 Bozatav Shore of the Sea 5 Making together 73 Tash, a distance which, when the way is not in bad condition, may be travelled in twelve stations. 6. _From Khiva to Kungrat, by Köhne._ From To Tash or Farsz. Khiva Gazavat 3 Gazavat Tashhaus 7 Tashhaus Köktcheg 2 Köktcheg Kizil Takir 7 Kizil Takir Porsu 6 Porsu Köhne Urgendj 9 Köhne Urgendj Khodja Ili 6 {413} And thence to Kungrat, as already mentioned, there are four Tash, making together 44 Tash, a nearer way, consequently, than the one by Görlen, but less eligible and less frequented. First, it is not safe; and secondly, it is wearisome, on account of the desert and the route itself. 7. _From Khiva to Fitnek._ From To Tash or Farsz. Khiva Sheikh Mukhtar 3 Sheikh Mukhtar Bagat 3 Bagat Ishantchepe 2 Ishantchepe Hezaresp 2 Hezaresp Fitnek 6 16 Adding to this number the 73 already given in the sum of the distances in route marked (5), we see that the greatest distance traversed by the Oxus in the Khanat is not more than 89 Tash or Farszakhs. {414} B. ROUTES IN THE KHANAT OF BOKHARA AND THE ADJACENT COUNTRY. 1. _From Bokhara to Herat._ From To Tash or Farsz.