...yourt was a large one, with silk curtains hanging on one side, covering the sleeping place — bed it was not. Near to this stood a ' bearcoote' (a large...satisfy him ; he wished to see them fired, and wanted to pJace a kid for the target, probably thinkingthat so short a weapon would produce no effect Declining...

...of boxes and Bokharian carpets behind me, and the large kovmis sack carefully secured with voilotk. Between us and the door sat eight or ten Kirghis watching...wished to see them fired, and wanted to place a kid for th« target, probably thinkingthat so short a weapon would produce no effect. Declining his kid, I...

...with their small black eyes fixed on the stranger. Mr Atkinson says: 'My "belt and pistols formed a great attraction. The sultan wished to examine them....the barrels. This did not satisfy him; he wished to eee them fired, and wanted to place a kid for the target, probably thinking that so short a weapon...

...; ho turned it round in every direction, and looked down the birreta. This did not satisfy him. Mo wished to see them fired, and wanted to place a kid...Declining his kid, I tore a leaf out of my sketch-book, tnado а mark in the centre, and gave it to the Cossack. Ho understood my intention, split the end...

...the caps, I handed one to him : he turned it round in every direction, and looked down the barrel. This did not satisfy him ; he wished to see them fired, and wanted to place a kid for a target— probably thinking that so short a weapon would produce no effect. Declining his kid, I...