CHAPTER LXXVI.
M E R V A S AM N E X E D .
The fortress of Kaushid Khan.—Irrigation and vegetation of the PAtE
oasis.—Merv Tekkes : their number, divisions, and distribution,
with agriculture, manufactures, and trade.—Their religious and
moral characteristics.—Their lawlessness at home and atrocities
abroad.—Persian slaves.— Submission of Mervis to Russia.—
Explanations of the Moscow Gazette.—Suspicions of Russian
intrigue.—Dependence of Merv on Khiva.— Signs, in 1883, °f
coming submission.— Partial opposition to Russian rule.— The
present situation . . . . . _r
CHAPTER LXXVII.
FROM KRASNOVODSK HOMEWARDS:
Descent into Krasnovodsk.— Hospitality of the Commandant.—
Dismissal of native attendants.— Our rate of travel and
itinerary.—Mertvy Kultuk and Kizil Arvat routes.—Visit to
Merv abandoned.— The town of Krasnovodsk, and its scanty
supplies. Visit to a, Turkoman oba.—Turkoman women and
jewellery.—Armenian trading.— Passage across the Caspian.—
Baku and its oil.— From Baku to Tiflis in a horse-box.—Bible
distribution from Tiflis.— Scenery at Batoum.— Voyage to
Odessa.— Summary of journey, and farewell . . . . 49I
A P P E N D I C E S .
A .^ T h e F a u n a o f R u
Preface
Mammalia
Aves .
Reptilia
Amphibia
Pisces
Mollusca
Araneae
Crustacea
SIAN T u r k i s t a n
506
51S
517
528
529
53°
S33
537
543
548
PACE
Coleóptera . . . . . . . . . 552
Mellifera . . . . . . . . 562
Sphegidae . . . . . . . . . 568
Scoliidae . . . . . . . . . 572
M u t i l l i d a e ............................................................................ 575
Formicidae . . . . . . . . . 576
Chrysidiformes . . . . . . . . -579
Lepidoptera . . . . . . . . . 581
,, of Kuldja . . . . . . . 596
Neuroptera 609
,, Odonata . . . . . . . 612
Orthoptera . . . . . . . . . 613
Vermes . . . . . . . . . . 615
B. T h e F l o r a o f R u s s ia n T u r k i s t a n :—
Preface . . . . . . . . . . 618
List of Species . . . . . . . . . 623
C. B i b l io g r a p h y o f R u s s ia n C e n t r a l A s ia
Preface . . . . . . . . . . 654
Asia (Central) in general . . . . . . . 659
Bokhara . . . . . . . . . . 667
K h i v a .................................... ......... . . . . 668
Khokand . . . . . . . . . . 670
K u l d j a ..................................................................................... 671
Siberia—Western . . . . . . . 673
Turkistan . . . . . . . . . . 674
Turkmenia . . . . . . . . . . 677
Maps illustrative of Central Asia . . . . . 679
A l p h a b e t i c a l L i s t o f A u t h o r s..................................................681
Ge n e r a l In d e x............................................ 685