The note ended jocosely, "Exchange is no robbery!" The old man seemed well _au fait_ with Central Asian affairs.

On my mentioning the day before that I had intended entering India _via_ Cabul, he at once said, "Ah! I supposed Alikhanoff stopped you.

He is very shy of strangers." We left Kelat at 6 a.m.on the 12th of April.

The camels and heavy baggage had been sent on four or five hours previously to Mangachar, the first station.

Our caravan now consisted of only eight camels, which we found reduced to seven on arrival.