
 
		A k m o l i n s k ,  Province of, 42,  46 
 — Punishment for personal offences, 351 
 — Rivers of, 47 
 —  Russian population in,  53 
 —  Surface  of,  47 
 — Tobacco plantations in,  52 
 — Towns of, 53 
 — Uyezds of,  50,  51 
 I— Visit to Governor of, 64  
 Ala-Kul, Altitude of,  177 
   — Desiccated lake-bed near,  177 
 . —_— district, Fauna of,  147 
   s----Mammalia of,  149 
   lake,  Description of,  146 
 — !ü — Fish in,  148 
 Lizards near,  148 
 >=?--------Onithology of,  147 
 Ala-Tau  mountains, 268 
   -----------Morgan,  Mr, D .,  on,  185 
 ---------Scenery of,  270 
 Alabaster grotto at Krasnovodsk,  ii. 496  
 Alai expedition in Ferghana, 512 
 — plateau, 492  
 Alexandrof mountains,  361  
 Alielis of Turkmenia,  ii.  445  
 Aliken’s hotel at Viemy,  271  
 Alikhanoff,  Lieut., at Merv,  ii.  471  
 Alim-Kul, Death of,  ÿi|| 621 
 yÉ----Defeat at Khokand,  510 
 ;     ÿ-'by Khudaiar Khan,  510 
 ------------- Russians,  510 
   Disaffection against,  510 
 ^ ----Regent of Khokand,  510 
 —- — Waning influence of, 510  
 Alim-Tu,  Russian  defeat  of  Taranchi  
 rebels,  627  
 “ All’s well that ends well,” ii.  139,  505  
 Almatinka,  Schools at,  279  
 Alpheraky, M.,  on  Kuldja Lepidoptera,  
 247, ii.  596 
 —I------Vertebrata, 247 
   —— Yuldus sheep,  247 
 Altyn - Immel  and  Kuldja,  Stations  
 between,  190 
     Arrival  at,  188, 266 
   pass,  189 
   Villages near,  187 
 Alum manufacture in Kohistan,  537  
 Aman-Kutane caravansary,  ii.  8  
 Amphibians of Central Asia,  ii. 529  
 Amu-daria Province,  425 
   fiPffl Agriculture of, 434 
 ---------Area of, 42 
   ---------- Boundaries of,  425 
 ---------Children’s diseases, 433 
 ---------Climate of, 432 
  --------Difficulties of the nomads, 435 
 —   Dimensions  of,  425 
 ---------Diseases of military, 433 
 A m u -d a r i a   Province, Divisions  of, 434 
 ; ~-i----4  Geology of, 426 
 ---------Health of population, 433 
 ------- - Hydrography of, 428 
 —#§---- Increase of cultivation, 434 
 ---------Inhabitants of,  433 
 ---------Karakalpaks in, 433 
 ---------Kyzyl-Kum  steppe, 426 
 ---------Meteorology of, 432 
   Mountains in,  426 
 — Ophthalmia among natives, 4 3 3   
   — Population of, 42 
   ^—'Revenue of, 437 
 ---------Russian  administration  of, 436 
   s Statistics of habitations  in, 433 
 ---------Taxes in, 436 
 ---------Temperature of, 432 
 -------- - Towns  of,  398 
 Amu river, Aground in the,  ii. 224 
 — — at Charjui, ii.  199 
 — — — Kabakli,  ii. 213 
 — Nukus, Delta of, ii.  241  
   Banks of,  ii.  199 
  —  Bokhariot frontier camp,  ii.  221 
 — — Branches of,  ii.  242 
 ■— — “  Camel’s Hump ” on, ii. 224  
 m  — Cliffs on, ii. 200 
 —  Detonations on, ii.  220 
   — Fall into Aral Sea, ii. 241 
   — Fauna of islands,  ii. 218 
 —  Fish of,  ii. 243  
   Flooding of,  ii. 223 
 —  Flora of banks of, ii. 223 
 — — Fossil remains on, ii. 200  
 ;i—- M- Game on islands  of,  ii.  218 
 — — Ganoid fishes of, ii. 245 
 —  Journey to Kabakli,  ii.  209 
 — — Kishak gates on,  ii.  241 
   — Legend of Kyz-kala fort, ii.  214 
 — Linseed farming on,  ii. 222  
 É||if t( Lion’s Mouth ” on,  ii. 224 
 — -— Muddiness of, ii. 219 
   Native boats on,  ii. 200 
 BHB  information on, ii. 219 
   Navigability of,  ii.  198 
   Pitniak curve on, ii.  224 
 —  Precaution against robbers,  ii. 216 
   Restiveness of horses,  ii.  209 
   1 Ruined towns on,  ii. 215 
       Ruins on banks,  ii.  214 
 ^   Scaphirhynchus in,  ii. 243 
   Singing boatmen on, ii. 221 
 — Steamers on,  ii.  242 
   —  Strategical importance of,  ii.  194 
 — —: Temperature  on,  ii.  224  
   — Tugais on, ii.  215 
   Vegetation on banks,  ii.  223 
   — Wolf scare on,  ii.  217 
 I Amulets of the Turkomans,  ii.  447 
 Amusements at Karshi,  ii. 48  
   Shavat,  ii. 320 
 — of the Taranchis,  ii.  208  
 Angren river, 478 
 Animal life in a sea-bed,  ii. 419  
 --------- the desert,  ii.  172,  393 
 — products of Bokhara,  ii.  143  
 Animals of Akmolinsk,  52 
 — Bokhara,  ii.  142  
 B  — Khivan khanate,  ii. 269 
 — — Merv,  ii. 478 
   Semipolatinsk,  94 
   Turkistan, ii. 514 
 Antiquities  at  Samarkand,  Purchases,  
 611 
 — in Tashkend museum, 455 
 — of Lake Issik-Kul,  159 
 — H  Samarkand,  563 
 — ■-+- Sergiopol,  145  
 Antiquity of Khojeili,  ii. 349 
   Kunia Urgenj,  ii.  339 
 Ants of Turkistan,  ii. 576  
 Apothecaries of Bokhara,  ii.  149  
 Appendices revised by Mad. Fedchenko, 
 ii.  513  
 Apples of Khiva,  ii.  267  
 Aqueduct at Kyz-Kala,  ii. 214  
 Arab capture of Merv,  ii. 456  
 Arabs of Zarafshan province,  544  
 A r a l  Basin, Depression of, 385 
 — Sea, Ancient course of Oxus,  ii. 402 
 — f|| Bed of,  ii. 404 
   Derivation of name, 429 
   Dimensions of, 429 
   Disappearance of,  ii. 403 
   Fall of Amu into,  ii. 241 
   Fauna of islands,  430 
   Fluctuation of,  ii.  402 
   Geological changes of, 385 
   Geographical problems of, ii. 402 
     Harbours of, 429 
       Islands of, 430 
   Navigation of, 409 
   Oxus junction with,  ii. 242 
   Reduction of,  431 
 ~   Russians on,  409 
       Shores of, 430, 432 
   Winds of,  429 
 Aralo-Caspian  region, Historical discussion  
 on,  ii. 403 
 --------- Murchison,  Sir R., on,  ii. 403 
 ----------Rawlinson,  Sir H.,  on, ii.  403 
   • — Travellers in,  ii.  404 
 — :— Route,  ii. 231  
 Arasan sulphur baths,  186 
 Arbas for luggage at Khiva,  ii. 316  
 Archbishop of Tobolsk,  Visit to, 36  
 Arendarenko, M.,  Kindness of,  610  
 Argamak horses at Khiva,  ii.  259 
 Arganatinsk, Arrival at,  178  
 Aris river, Description of, 420 
 — — Journey along the, 420  
 Aristocratic mariner,  ii. 499  
 Armenian literature,  583 
 — trading at Krasnovodsk,  ii. 499  
 Armourers’ street in Bokhara, ii.  134  
 Arms of Charjui soldiers,  ii.  186  
   Kirghese,  313 
  —  Turkistan troops,  602 
 Army of Bokhara,  ii.  21 
   Jinghiz Khan, ii.  68 
 Arrest of Author at Chusovaia, 20  
 Art among the Kalmuks,  244 
 — of Jewish illumination,  ii.  116  
 Artillery of  the Khivans,  ii. 306  
 Artisans of Kuldja,  243 
   Merv,  ii. 478 
   Semipolatinsk,  104 
 Artists, Chinese, 262 
 Aryks of Khiva,  ii. 252 
 A sia  (C e n t r a l ), Amphibians of,  ii. 
   Ants of, ii. 576 
 |Si — Bees of,  ii. 562  
 Beetles of,  ii.  552 
   Bible-work in,  ii. 237 
   Bibliography of,  ii. 654 
   Book scarcity in,  584 
 r-^- — Chronology of, 677  
   Coins of, ii.  502 
 — — Colleges of, 586 
   Colporteur work in,  ii. 304 
   Crustacea of,  ii.  548 
   Divorce in,  ii.  353 
   Earth closets in,  ii. 415 
   Fishes of,  ii.  530 
   Fortresses of,  ii.  321 
   Fuel of, ii. 411 
   Funerals in,  ii.  250 
   — Gardens in, .480 
   Geological features of,  ii. 170 
 —^ — History of,  120 
   Home life in, ii.  352 
       Jewellery of,  ii.  286 
 — •— Jews of, 446, 520  
 ■  Maps of,  ii. 679 
   Marriage in,  ii. 352 
   Meteorology of,  ii. 442 
 — — Mineral wealth of,  380  
 ||r-— Mollusksof,  ii. 537 
   Money of,  682 
   Mongol invasion of, ii. 69 
   Pilgrim showmen in,  ii.  344 
 —  Pioneers of, 287 
 — — Polygamy in,  ii. 354 
   Prisons of, 661 
   Routes to,  10,  ii., 493 
   Russian trade in, 462 
 I  Scoliidae of, ii.  572