The roads near the town are bordered with long rows of mulberry trees, which diversify the view with eccentric branches.
Again, this pair of cities, old and new.

Both of them had only thirty thousand inhabitants in 1868 and they have from forty-five to fifty thousand now.

Is it the influence of the surroundings which produces the increase of the birth rate?
Is the province affected by the prolific example of the Celestial Empire?
No! It is the progress of trade, the concentration of merchants of all nations onto these new markets.
Our halt at Khodjend has lasted three hours.

I have made my professional visit and walked on the banks of the Syr-Dana.

This river, which bathes the foot of the high mountains of Mogol-Taou, is crossed by a bridge, the middle section of which gives passage to ships of moderate tonnage.
The weather is very warm.