. All the Russias; travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, & Central Asia. MAUSOLEUM OF BIBI KHANUM children of the civilservantsand Russian residents. Theshopsarenot like those in Siberia, but all ordinary supplies may be pur-chased. The town reminded me of some American cities in theWest, being laid out like a chessboard, with wide streets plantedwith trees. It is evident that the Russians foresaw from thebeginning the possibilities of the place, and that they allowedroomforthedevelopmentthatissuretocome. The mountainousdistricts around are believ
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. All the Russias; travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, & Central Asia. MAUSOLEUM OF BIBI KHANUM children of the civilservantsand Russian residents. Theshopsarenot like those in Siberia, but all ordinary supplies may be pur-chased. The town reminded me of some American cities in theWest, being laid out like a chessboard, with wide streets plantedwith trees. It is evident that the Russians foresaw from thebeginning the possibilities of the place, and that they allowedroomforthedevelopmentthatissuretocome. The mountainousdistricts around are believed to contain valuable minerals inenormous quantities, and it is said that a great coal-bed has been SAMARKAND AND BEYOND 335 discovered. The natives are industrious, and weave Moscowyarn into stuffs which have a large local sale ; many thousandsof acres are planted with vines, producing wine and raisins;and the industry of distilling eau-de-vie de viii has sprung upand is growing fast. It is curious, as I have already remarked, that in such. TOMB OF BIBI KHANUM thriving foreign settlements there is nothing like an hotel. Thenearest approach is what are called Nojiiem, houses let out infurnished rooms, in which you can get a cup of coffee in themorning and nothing else that you can eat. On the other hand, the military casino, or club, is a fine building, with dining-rooms, billiard-room, library, and a truly magnificent ball-room, and pri-vate theatre. Unless the traveller hasthet^/nVtothis, he is verybadly off in Samarkand. At Tashkent I was formally introduced^by a courteous acquaintance, but here I knew nobody, as theGovernor did not trouble to acknowledge the letter of intro-duction I left at his residence from his immediate superior, theGovernor-General of Turkestan. This, by the way, and the 33^ ALL THE RUSSIAS action of theChief of Police of Askhabad, of which I havealreadyspoken, were the only two occasions during my whole journeyin the Tsars dominions when I was not treat