A Ride to Khiva

Captain Burnaby's 1875 journey through Russian territory during the 'Great Game', when Russia and Britain vied to control central Asia.

Preface; Introduction; 1. Information about Khiva; 2. Waist-belt for gold; 3. The Volga frozen; 4. Railway officials; 5. Twenty degrees below zero; 6. A hole in the ice; 7. Pins-and-needles; 8. The guardian of the forests; 9. Delayed by a snowstorm; 10. Sleigh sickness; 11. The Ural Cossacks; 12. A supply of provisions; 13. A sheepskin suit; 14. A start with the courier; 15. Nomad tribes; 16. Kashgar; 17. Break-down of the sleigh; 18. An English engineer officer at Kasala; 19. Ablutions under difficulties; 20. A priest; 21. Water route from Kasala to Petro-Alexandrovsk; 22. Camels; 23. A lazy guide; 24. The guide's retaliation; 25. Disobedience of orders; 26. The Turkoman on his donkey; 27. Villages fortified; 28. The guide's kibitka; 29. The Oozek; 30. Oogentch; 31. The messenger; 32. Breakfast in Khiva; 33. The present Khan; 34. Departure from Khiva; 35. The meet; 36. The Tarantass; 37. The district governor; 38. An inquisitive inspector; Appendices.