A s ia ( C e n t r a l ) , Seclusion of women
in, ii. 355
Slaves in, ii. 329
Sphegidae of, ii. 568
Spiders of, ii. 543
Sports of natives, ii. 320
---- - Statistics of, 117
— — Submarine origin of desert, ii. 438
Timurid sway in, ii. 69
Trade of, ii. 286
Travellers in, ii. 457
Unfaithfulness of wives in, ii. 354
Walls in, ii. 124
— Weights and Measures, 682, ii. 285
Zenana work needed in, ii. 356
Asiatic commerce, ii. 133
-— Jews’ synagogue, 446
— policy of Russia, 620
— Scriptures, 454
— Tashkend, 438, 457
Asiatics (Central), Character of, ii. 299
—----Fanaticism, of, ii. 300
Ignorance of, ii. 123
Morals of, ii. 299
Religious condition of, ii. 299
indifference of, ii. 300
Askhabad, Official kindness to colporteurs
at, ii. 305
Astarkhanid rulers of Bokhara, ii. 72
Astronomy at Samarkand, 565
Asylum at Semipolatinsk, 138
— for aged at Tashkend, 450
orphans at Samarkand, 600
Atkinson’s travels in Semirechia, 289
—- Sungaria, 290
Atrak river, *ii. 439
Fish of, ii. 439
-— - Turkoman boats on, ii. 439
Atrocities of Merv Tekkes, ii. 481
Attek oasis, ii. 450
— — History of, ii. 451
Hydrography of, ii. 452
Lessar, M., on the, ii. 451
Settlements in, ii. 452
Attendants, Dismissal of, ii. 371
— in desert, Troubles with, ii. 414
A u l i e - A t a , Arrival at, 363
Barber’s shop at, 365
— — Bazaar at, 364
— Capture by Russians, 619
Cemetery at, 366
Dearness of timber at, 365
Departure from, 414
Discontent among Kazaks, 509
Domestic animals, Value of, 419
Kirghese manufactures at, 364
— wares at, 364
Lodgings at, ii. 330
Market at, 364
I A u l i e -A t a , Market-prices, 365
Mennonites in, 421
Ornithology of district, 415
Scriptures for, 443
I —- —- Tomb of, 366
Walls of, ii. 124
{and Tashkend, Stations between,
414
j Aurora Borealis in Turkistan, 377
[ Author pitched off camel, ii. 3S8
— visited by Germans at Tashkend, 452
I Author’s desert ride in the night, ii. 378
— entry into Bokhara, ii. 78
B — fall near Kunia Urgenj, ii. 338
— - fear of retribution at Bokhara, ii. 138
I — guard of honour at Kitab, ii. 21
— itinerary, xxx
j — journal in danger, ii. 415
journey, Antecedents of, 3-5
f IS Cost of, 4
[1— 7-^ Danger of, 8
1 Summary of, ii. 505
— leadership of caravan, ii. 414
fe*- letter to Emir for Jews, ii. 118
B- plans concerning Jews of Bokhara,
ii. 103
K- presents from Bek of Charjui, ii. 190
— — — Emir of Bokhara, ii. 29
— — Kush-beggi of Bokhara, ii. 132
to Emir, ii. 28, 160
E- religious aims, 6, 7
— surveillance in Bokhara, ii. 128
Aves of Turkistan, ii. 517
Ayaguz founded by Russians, 288
B a h a - u d -d i n , Ride to, ii. 137
Tomb of Abdullah Khan at, ii. 71
Baian-aul, Mines near, 74
Baikof’s mission through Sungaria, 124
Baker, Col. Valentine, on Turkoman
frontier, ii. 466
Baku, Arrival at, ii. 500
,— Eternal fires of, ii. 500
— to Tiflis in a horse-box, ii. 501
Balakhane, Oil wells at, ii. 500
Balkhan mountains, ii. 437
— Fruit-trees on, ii. 438
Springs in, ii. 437
— -— Stephen, Mr. A. C., on, ii. 437
Balkhash lake, Dimensions of, 179
— IS Fish of, 180
— — Harbour of, 180
— Shores of, 180
— Tributaries of, 179
View of, 178
Water of, 180
Balloting for Kirghese judges, 349
Bandits on the Amu river, ii. 217*
Barabinski Tatars, Submission of, 123
Barat Bek, Death of, ii. 80
Barber s shop at Aulie-Ata, 365
Barkhans at Patar, 516
Barracks at K h o k a n d , 525
Sp Samarkand, 601
— Tashkend, 468
Bartsch Bros, among Kirghese, ii. 303
Bashkirs, Submission of, 402
Basiner at Kunia Urgenj, ii. 341
Batchas, or dancing-boys, 210
— at Bokhara, ii. 89
Charjui, ii. 190
Karshi, ii. 48
t?Ü Khiva, ii. 300
Tt — Kitab, ii. 15 "
Shahr, ii. 34
Batchman of Kunia Urgeni, ii. 216
Bath at Karshi, ii. 45
; Petro-Alexandrovsk, ii. 235
Bathing-pools at Bokhara, ii. 135
Batoum, Scenery at, ii. 504
Bayern, Herr, of Tiflis, ii. 502
Bazaar at Aulie-Ata, 364
Bokhara, ii. 133
"ri Charjui, ii. 185
Kakir, ii. 62
Karaul, ii. 63
Karshi, ii. 45
— Khiva, ii. 284
Khokand, 522
I Kunia Urgenj, ii. 259
Merv, ii. 478
Samarkand, 604
Suidun, 262
Tashkend, 458, ii. 286
Yieray, 278
near Kish Kizil Takir, ii. 337
Bearding the lion,” ii. 139
Beasts of prey in Kuldja, 257
Beauty ” sleep in the desert, ii. 2S7
Bed of Aral .Sea, ii. 404
Kitchkine-daria, ii. 392
— Oxus at Ak-bugut, ii. 389
:|jj Description of, ii. 393-95
~ Length of old, ii. 407
Bedroom of Author at Khiva, ii. 255
Beekeeping in Kopal, 185
—- 7# Lepsinsk, 185
Sarkun, 185
p Semipolatinsk, 102
Semirechia, 185
— Sergiopol, 185
Viemy, 185
Beer of the Kirghese, 338
Beershops in Turkistan. 607
Bees of Turkistan, ii. 562
Beetles of Turkistan, ii. 552
Beg tribe of Tekkes at Merv, ii. 477
Begendjalri Kir, Camping at, ii. 421
Begendjalri, Precipice of, ii. 417
Begging by the wayside, ii. 3
Bek’s ofiicial staff at Charjui, ii. 186
Beklar Bek medresse at Tashkend, 458
Benoist-Mechin, Baron, Journey, ii. 473
~ 7~ — on the Turkomans, ii. 444
Betik. Welcome lodging at, ii. 174
Betrothal among the Sarts, ii. 353
Beverages of the Kirghese, 337
Bibi-Khanum medresse, 575
Architecture of, 575
— Miraculous lectern in, 576
—— Tombs in, 577
— Us Tomb of, 577
~ ■ Wife of Tamerlane, 564
Bible, Comfort of, ii. 240
— Distribution, 27, ii. 232, 301, 502
“ Muhammadan attitude towards, ii. 302
representation to Emir of Bokhara, ii. 37
— searching in the desert, ii. 423
Society at Ekaterineburg, ii. 238
— g|py~ Irkutsk, 28, ii. 239
iO&~ Tashkend, 453
----------Tiflis, ii. 501
Author assisted by, 5
— -r~ Work of, ii. 238, 240, 303
work in Central Asia, ii. 237
S BSf" Siberia, ii. 237
Biblical customs among Kirghese, 301
Bibliography of Russ. Cent. Asia, ii. 654
| Turkistan, 470
Bill of fare at Charjui, ii. 178
Birds of Khiva, ii. 269
— — prey at Manak, ii. 326
— -iM Turkistan, 415, ii. 517
Birthplace of Tamerlane, ii. 32
Births in Semipolatinsk, 108
Blaramberg, Gen., on old bed of Oxus,
ii. 406
Boat-building at Hassan Kuli, ii. 439
Boatmen, Compulsory service of, ii. 205
Boats at Krasnovodsk, ii. 498
B o k h a r a after dark, ii. 135
I — Agriculture of, ii. 164
[ — Animal products of, ii. 143
I — Animals of, ii. 142
— Apothecaries of, ii. 149
— Approach to, ii. 65
— Area of, ii. 124
— Armourers’ street in, ii. 134
■ as a place of learning, ii. 86
— Astarkhanid rulers of, ii. 72
— “ Astonishing the natives ” of, ii. 91
p Author’s entry into, ii. 78
fear of retribution, ii. 138
— letter to Emir for Jews, ii. 118
offer of assistance to Jews, ii. 109
presents to Emir, ii. 160
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