From To Farsz. Samarcand Yenghi Kurgan 3 Yenghi Kurgan Djizzag 4 Djizzag Zamin 5 Zamin Djam 4 Djam Savat 4 Savat Oratepe 2 Oratepe Nau 4 Nau Khodjend 4 Khodjend Karaktchikum 4 Karaktchikum Mehrem 2 Mehrem Besharik 5 Besharik Khokand 5 46 This journey takes eight days in a cart (two-wheeled), and may be much shortened by going straight from Oratepe to Mehrem, which requires only eight hours, so that there is a gain of six Tash. 6. _From Samarcand to Tashkend and the Russian Frontiers._ From To Tash Samarcand Yenghi Kurgan 3 Yenghi Kurgan Djizzag 4 Djizzag Djinas 16 Djinas Zenghi Ata 4 Zenghi Ata Tashkend 6 33 Five days' journey farther on from here is, as I learnt from the accounts of many different persons, the first Russian fort and post of the Cossacks. {417} ROUTES IN THE KHANAT OF KHOKAND. 1. _From Khokand to Oosh (a straight road)._ From To Tash Khokand Karaultepe 5 Karaultepe Mergolan 5 Mergolan Sherikhan 4 Sherikhan Endigan 3 Endigan Oosh 4 19 The journey can be performed in two-wheeled carts in four days. 2. _From Khokand to Oosh (by Namengan)_. From To Tash Khokand Bibi Uveida 3 Bibi Uveida Sehri Menzil 2 Sehri Menzil Kirghis kurgan 4 Kirghis kurgan Namengan 4 Namengan Üsch kurgan 3 Üsch kurgan Gömüshtepe 5 Gömüshtepe Oosh 4 25 Besides these two principal roads, there is a mountainous route from Tashkend to Namengan; offering, however, many perilous places, which entail the necessity of much laborious exertion. Although the distance is only 45 miles, one requires ten days to {418} traverse it. It passes by the following places: Toy Tepe, Karakhitai Tilav, Koshrobat, Mollamir, Babatarkhan, Shehidan (where the Russians were defeated by Mehemmed Ali Khan), Kamishkurgan, Pnngan, Haremseray, Uygur, Pop, Seng, Djust, Törekurgan, Namengan. D. ROUTES IN CHINESE TARTARY. The distance from _Kashgar_ to _Yarhend_ is reckoned 36 miles (Tash), journeyed over by karavans and carts in seven days. On the third day from Kashgar, the traveller reaches a place called Yenghi Hissar, which is occupied by a strong garrison of soldiers.