1 and to interfere in their behalf. He received myself and my
2 petition very kindly, but appeared little disposed to do anything
3 for the younger of the supplicants, as lie had uttered sum,,
4 threatening words when asking for justice; and he added,
5 1 they may plead their cause before the tribunal.” But the judges
6 refused to listen to their petition, alleging.first, that they had
7 not appeared to make their claims immediately after the death of
8 the testator; secondly, that those who appeared as heirs, being
9 Russian subjects, could not lie considered as legal claimants, but
10 were reckoned among Christian sects, and treated as heretics;
11 «nd, thirdly, that the whole legacy being the result of a trade
12 not tolerated in the Koran, i.r., wine, it ought to have been
13 confiscated, as it really was. i solicited TIoshbogi to permit me
14 to pay the debts of these poor men, and lo take them with me to
15 their home in Russia. This 1 obtained without any difficulty,
16 so I liquidated their debts, and took them with me, accom¬
17 panying the caravan with which the Russian ambassador also set
18 out for that country. The most costly thing I carried with me
19 from Bokhara, was a very beautiful horse, of a breed called
20 aryortialc. This horse, the beauty of which was admired by
21 every connoisseur, was provided with all its appurtenances; such
22 as a silver bridle, a Rokharum saddle, a ricldy-adonied capa¬
23 rison, &c. This noble animal was a stallion four years old.
24 I destined it as n present for bis Majesty the late Emperor of
25 Austria, Francis I , with a view to its serving as a riding-horse
26 and a sire. I ventured to do this as an Austrian subject, and
27 after an absence of twenty years, to manifest my loyalty and
28 faithfulness to my monarch. My wish to perform this act of
29 duty in the proper costume, was the cause of my appearing
30 habited as a native of Bokhara, in the yiars 1 bills 1835, and
31 1833, when travelling through Europe.
32 The journey from Bokhara to Russia, which I performed in
33 thirty-five stations, was one of the most pleasant I ever had in the
34 whole course of my travels, as no impediments from the elements,
35 or other disastrous occurrences,.happened during the route; yet,
36 to maim good the proverb, of Solomon —“ Then exists nothing