Editorial note — Chapter X

[Footnote 51: Komul is distant 40 stations from Kashgar and 60 from Bokhara.] [Footnote 52: The teas were of the following kinds:-- (1) Kyrkma. (2) Akhbar. (3) Ak Kuyruk. These kinds, rarely seen in Central Asia and in China, are more used in Russia, Persia, and Europe. (4) Kara Tchaj. (5) Sepet Tchaj. These two, sold like Chinese Kynaster, pressed into the form of a brick, are drunk only in the morning with cream and salt, and are very stimulating. (6) Shibaglu. (7) Gore Shibaglu. (8) Shivin. (9) It Kellesi. (10) Bönge. (11) Poshun. (12) Pu-Tchay. (13) Tun tey. (14) Gülbuy. (15) Mishk-göz. (16) Lonka. These are all green teas, none others are in favour in the north of China and in Central Asia. The last-named (Lonka) is regarded as the most precious, a single leaf suffices for a cup which equals two of ours. The purchaser first forms a judgment of his tea by tasting a leaf that has been already boiled: when the tea is good the leaf is extremely fine and soft.]