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LESSON 61. 
TARTARY, INDIA, AND HINDOOSTAN. 
1. TarTarı is an extensive region, which stretches 
from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. It com- 
prises two great divisions, Chinese Tartary, and Inde- 
pendent Tartary. "The inhabitants are called Tartars. 
2. Chinese Tartary includes Soongaria, Little Bucharia, Mongo- 
lia, and Mantchooria, Independent Tartary includes the country of 
the Kirguis Tribes, with Khiva [Ke'-val, Turcomania, Great Bu- 
charta, and Khokan [Ko'-kan]. "The chief cities are Bokhara, Kho- 
kan, and Samarcand. 
3. The people of Great and Little Bucharia and Khokan inhabit 
cities and towns; but nearly all the other Tartar nations live in 
tents, and roam from place to place with their camels, horses, and 
Cattle. 
Turcomans carrying off Persians into slave 
Qussrtioys. — 1. What does Tartary comprise? 2, What does Chi 
nese Tartary include? — What does Independent Tartary include? 
3. What do the people of Great and Little Bucharia, and Khokan, in- 
habit ?— What do nearly all_the other Tartar nations live in?