D e s e r t , Preparation for crossing, ii. 363
— Rate of travel, ii. 492
— Reeds and rushes in, ii. 397
— Revival of hopes in, ii. 424
— Robbers in, ii. 394
— Ruins in, ii. 383
— Saxaul fires in, ii. 411
— Sheep and goats of, ii. 382
— Sleeping in, ii. 173
% <77 — cages in, ii. 376
— Slow progress in, ii. 395
— Submarine origin of, ii. 438
— Subterranean sheds in, ii. 394
— Temperature in, ii. 422
— Troubles with attendants, ii. 414
— “ Turning policemanM in, ii. 396
— Ups and downs of, ii. 422
— Venison in the, ii. 382
— Weariness of mind in, ii. 423
— Wild hens in, ii. 422
Deserts of Syr-daria province, 384
Desiccated lake-bed near Ala-Kul, 177
Desiccation of Turkoman steppe, ii. 405
Dessert in the desert, 340
Detonations on the Amu, ii. 220
Diet of prisoners at Omsk, 662
Difficulties of desert journey, ii. 172
Dinner among the Kirghese, 339
— in a Turkoman tent, ii. 374
“ Diotrephes,” Misbehaviour of, ii. 338
“— return to civilization, ii. 492
— Scamper on, ii. 59
Disabilities of Jews in Russia, ii. 104
Disappearance of Aral Sea, ii. 403
Discipline in the desert, ii. 387
Diseases among Kirghese, 307
sÿ-in Semipolatinsk, 116
■—? — Tashkend, 449
■— of Bokhariots, ii. 144
jgg- cured by Issirik grass, ii. 57
Khivans, ii. 308
Dishonesty of attendants, ii. 311, 365,
371. 372
Djspensary at Tashkend, 450
Distilleries, 55
— in Turkistan, 607
Distribution of books, etc., 229, 235, j
279, 469, 670, 671, ii. 232, 301 ’ ■
— J g Scriptures, etc,,. 6, 19, 26—29, 38,
65, 68, 263, 442, 443, 454, 466, I
529, 611, 665, ii. 237
—- — Turkoman tribes, ii. 444
Divan-beggi medresse at Bokhara, ii. 135
Divinity and medicine conjoined, 18
Divisions of Turkoman tribes, ii. 444
Divorce among the Kirghese, 328
— in Central Asia, ii. 353
Djan-Bulak, Unruly horse at, 487
Djiguitts engaged by Author, ii. 3
JJjus Agach, Miserable station at, 175
Doctoring a cradle, ii. 389
Turkoman, ii. 374
— in the desert, ii. 378
Doctors in Bokhara, ii. 149
Dog-fighting at Shavat, ii. 320
Dolgorouki, Prince, Sympathy with
Jews, ii. 104
Domestic animals in Turkistan, 420
— comforts in desert, Lack of, ii. 423
— expense? in Tashkend, 461
Dress of Taranchis, 207
Dresses of Kirghese, 312
Drink traffic in Turkistan, 607
Drive of Author in Emir’s carriage, ii. 30
Driving in danger, ii. 168
Droshky drive in Vierny, 272
Drugs, Purchase of, 18
Drums and trumpets at Charjui, ii. 181
Drunkenness of Turkistan troops, 603
Dungans at Chinchakhodzi, 200
■— — Jarkend, 196
— Customs of, 209
— defeated by Taranchis, 203
— Description of, 209
— Insurrection against China, 626
— Mosque of, in Kuldja, 232, 255
— Music of the, 210
— Number of, 209
— Origin of, 208
— Rebellion of, 203
— Shopkeepers in Kuldja, 240
— Vehicles of, 210, 263
Dungeons at Bokhara, ii. 153.
Dust-storms in Ferghana province, 496
Dwellings in Kuldja, 253
Dyeing-plants in Turkistan, 483
“ E a r l y to bed and early to rise,” ii. 386
Earth-closets in Central Asia, ii. 415
Earthquakes at Tashkend, 468
fp- in Turkistan, 378
Eastern sovereigns, Scandal concerning.
“ • I5S
Eatables at Kunia Urgenj, ii. 364
Eating-houses at Vierny, 278
Education among the Kirghese, 358
— at Samarkand, 600
Vierny, 279
— in Bokhara, ii. 120
Zarafshan province, 600
;— of Turkistan troops, 603
Egen-Klych, Dam of, ii. 383
Eggs at Kunia Urgenj, ii. 364
— in Khiva, ii. 364
“ Ehbi ” wind in the Steppe, 181
Ekaterineburg, Arrival at, 26
— Bible Society’s agent at, ii. 238
Elburz and Kopet ranges, ii. 438
m u —
GEN ER AL IN D E X . 697
Election among the Kirghese, 346
— Kirghese ruffianism at an, 350
Emigration from Kuldja, 256
E m i r o f B o k h a r a , see Bokhara.
Enamelled bricks at Samarkand. 587
Enamelling, Remarkable, at Khoja-
Akhrar medresse, 582
Encampment at Jedurun, ii. 392
— of Bokhariot troops, ii. 93
English attempts at growing Khivan
melons, ii. 266
— ingratitude, ii. 500
— mediation in Khiva, ii. 278
— perseverance, ii. 4
— trade competition in Turkistan, 464
Enterprise, Author’s, Danger of, 8
— Victims of the spirit of, ii. 431
Entertainment at Kitab, ii. 15
. — — Shahr, ii. 34
Entomological expedition of Bolosoglo,
. if 575. Epidemics in Zarafshan province, 538
Ersaris of Turkmenia, ii.
Erschoff, N. G., on Turkistan Lepido-
ptera, ii. 581
Escort from Kunia Urgenj, ii. 368
— on the Oxus. ii. 201
Etchmiadzin, Walls of, ii. 124
Eternal fires of Baku, ii. 500
Ethnographical specimens in Tashkend
museum, 455
Ethnography of Ili valley, 206
Ethnology of Ili valley, 206
— ■— Semirechia, 162
— ■— Turkmenia, ii. 144
Zarafshan province, 541
Etiquette at Kitab, ii. 20
Evening audiences aboard ship, 2
Exaggeration of newspapers, 25
“ Example better than precept,” ii. 56
Excise duties in Semipolatinsk, 112
— statistics, 56
Execution of Bokhariots, ii. 69
— stone at Samarkand, 579
Executions in Bokhara, ii. 152
Exhibition at Moscow, 14
— ; Tract distribution in, ii. 238
Exiles from Bokhara, ii. 210
— in Tobolsk, Books for, 29
— Russian, Books for, 6
Expeditions in Turkmenia, ii. 461
Exploration of the Oxus, ii. 193
--------- Thian Shan, 294
Explorations of Bokhara mountains, ii. 50
Fedchenko, 492, ii. 509
Kostenko, 493
Maieff, ii. 50
Oshanin, ii. 50
Osten-Sacken, 297
Explorations of Poltoratzky, 297
tf*7j — Regel, ii. 50
Severtsoff, 494
Exports from Khokand, 523
— — Kuldja, 242
— of Semipolatinsk, 107
Tashkend, 461
F a c t o r i e s in Kuldja, 242
Fairs at Tashkend, 462
— of Semipolatinsk, 105
Falconry at Manak, ii. 326
Fanaticism of Kirghese, 344
\- Muhammadans, ii. 298
Fancy goods of Tashkend, 459
Fares between Tiumen and Semipolatinsk,
37
Farm-houses at Bokhara, ii. 165
near Khiva, ii. 254
Shavat, ii. 321
Farming on the Amu, ii. 222
Fatigue of desert travelling, ii. 423
Fauna of Ala-Kul district, 147
K t— Amu islands, ii. 218
; — banks of Lake Zaisan, 91
— Ferghana province, 499
— — Khiva, ii. 267
— -— Omsk, 80
Pamir, 494
Russian Turkistan, ii. 506
Semirechia, 160
■---- ; the Steppe, ii. 430
EM— Turkmenia, ii. 441
Favours, Official, 12
Fazul, Author’s native servant, ii. 3
Feast of Tabernacles at Samarkand, 589
Feasting among the Kirghese, 339
K- at Bokhara, ii. 154
|§§- in a cemetery, 367
Fedchenko, M., Explorations of, 492
p|- Fatal accident to, ii. 513
— Madame, Appendices revised by, ii. 513
— on Turkistan Zoology, ii. 506
— Travels of, ii. 509
Feeding-time on the Oxus, ii. 203
Feline obtruders in tent, ii. 6
Felt manufacture at Krasnovodsk, ii. 447
Felts of the Turkomans, ii. 447
Female missionaries, Need of, ii. 356
seclusion in Bokhara, ii. 156
WÊ Khiva, ii. 355
F e r g h a n a province, 490
Alai plateau, 492
Area of, 42, 491
— — Baber, ruler of, 502
— Bokhariot conquest of, 506
— Climate of, 495
— — Dust-storms in, 496
— — Explorations of Fedchenko, 492