Subterraneous Canals.
XXI. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF COBINAN AND THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE THERE
NOTES. - 1. Kuh-Banan. 2. Production of Tutia.
XXII. - OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS' JOURNEY
NOTES. - 1. Deserts of Khorasan. 2. The Arbre Sol or Arbre Sec.
XXIII. - CONCERNING THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN
NOTE. - The Assassins, Hashishin, or Mulahidah.
XXIV. - HOW THE OLD MAN USED TO TRAIN HIS ASSASSINS
NOTES. - 1. The story widely spread. Notable murders by the Sectaries.
2. Their different branches.
XXV. - HOW THE OLD MAN CAME BY HIS END
NOTE. - History of the apparent Destruction of the Sect by Hulaku; its
survival to the present time. Castles of Alamut and Girdkuh.
XXVI. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF SAPURGAN
NOTE. - Shibrgan, and the route followed. Dried Melons.
XXVII. - OF THE CITY OF BALC
NOTES. - 1. Balkh. 2. Country meant by Dogana. 3. Lions in the Oxus
Valley.
XXVIII. - OF TAICAN, AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SALT. ALSO OF THE PROVINCE OF
CASEM
NOTES. - 1. Talikan. 2. Mines of Rock-salt. 3. Ethnological
characteristics. 4. Kishm. 5. Porcupines. 6. Cave dwellings. 7. Old and
New Capitals of Badakhshan.
XXIX. - OF THE PROVINCE OF BADASHAN
NOTES. - 1. Dialects of Badakhshan. Alexandrian lineage of the Princes.
2. Badakhshan and the Balas Ruby. 3. Azure Mines. 4. Horses of
Badakhshan. 5. Naked Barley. 6. Wild sheep. 7. Scenery of Badakhshan.
8. Repeated devastation of the Country from War. 9. Amplitude of
feminine garments.
XXX. - OF THE PROVINCE OF PASHAI
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