BOKHARA

the capital of the above kingdom, in lat. 89" 48' K.; Ion. 64^ 26' E., occupies a flat embosomed among trees, and covering an area of 8 or 9 and miles in circuit. It is surrounded by a mud-wall with battlements, and entered by eleven gates. It is poorly built, consisting of extremely narrow streets to and paltry houses. The principal edifices are the the palace of the khan, crowning a height near the centre of the town and surrounded by a brick wall 70 feet high; and numerous mosques, the largest of which is enamelled with tiles of azure blue, and has a tower of 210 feet high. The extent of the trade may be eHa timated from the fact that from 12,000 to 15,000 tercamel loads of goods annually enter the city. The pop. was estimated by Bumes in 1835 at 150,000 but is How thought not to exceed 70,000.