1 in this state he is left for a whole night. A decoction of bran
2 is also said to he a good sudorific, but considered as a mild one,
3 and is not generally in use.
4 To eyre the guinea-worm, the natives of the East make use
5 of many curious remedies, which will be found in the second
6 volume.
7 At Bokhara, l met two unfortunate Armenians from Astrakhan,
8 who requested me to use my influence in their behalf, lhree
9 years previoudy, when Count Suichtelcn was Governor of Oren¬
10 burg, they had laid claim to a considerable sum due to them as
11 their legal portion of an inheritance at Bokhara ; to which place
12 they received letters of recommendation from the governor, and
13 were sent thither to urge their claims, with directions, should
14 they not succeed, to return to Orenburg, and the llussinn
15 government would assist them. On their arrival there, the
16 settlement of their affairs presented some difficulty, as the
17 government had confiscated the legacy, under various pretexts.
18 The two heirs—who, in their endeavours to obtain their property,
19 seemed not to have lost all hope, in spite of the evasive promises
20 they had for many years received—thought it requisite to user
21 their utmost energies to get their rights at last ; toi which
22 purpose they solicited my assistance, representing to me ilicii
23 awkward situation, and saying thut. the Russian ambassador,
24 who had recently arrived, refused to interfere, but by my
25 influence they hoped to obtain a happy result. I could not
26 reject their application, and by so much the more, as 1 was
27 informed that the Russian government was desirous to ncgociate
28 for the liberty of its subjects then in slavery at Bokhara. These
29 two Armenians were indeed in a state worse than slavery, because
30 they were not accidentally Hung on this territory, but were sent
31 hither to obtain their rights. 1 resolved therefore to interfere
32 for them. I felt myself, in fact, compelled, to do so; for had I
33 refused mv assistance, the poor men would have been detained, in
34 consequence tf the heavy debts they had contracted during their
35 three years stay at Bokhara. I accordingly addressed myself in
36 this affair to Hoshbogi, begging hint to take pity ou these men,