text:  There are rumours of wars moreover in Transoxiana where the King of Bokhara has subdued the Uzbek kingdom of Kokan or Ferghana (once the patrimony of the famous Baber ) and is said to meditate extending his conquests across the Hindoo-Koosh into Northern Affghanistan--a measure which might possibly bring him within reason of British vengeance for the wrongs of the two ill-fated envoys Stoddart and Conolly who even if the rumours of their murder should prove unfounded have been detained for years in violation of the rights of nations in hopeless and lingering bondage