Native house near Kbokand, 517
— houses in Kuldja, 253
— ignorance at Petro-Alexandrovsk, ii.
234
— society in Bokhara, ii. 150
Nau, Surrender to Russians, 623
Navigation of Aral Sea, 409
HUpper Oxus, ii. 197
Naziroff, Lieut., in Turkmenia, ii. 472
Neuroptera of Turkistan, ii. 609
New Siberian steamer, 32
— Testament, Kirghese opinions of, 357
Newspaper exaggeration, 25
Night guard at Charjui, ii. 186
— time in Bokhara, ii. 135
Nihilistic, cunning, 25
Nineteenth Century on Russian prisons,
675
Nocturnal visitors, ii. 6
Nogai Bi, Possessions of, 356
Nomad curiosities at Krasnovodsk, ii. 498
— population of Kuldja, 192
Nomads of Kuldja, Agriculture of, 192
Nomenclature of the Kirghese, 360
Northern Lights in Turkistan, 377
Nukus, Delta of the Amu at, ii. 241
Meteorology of, 432
Number of books for Author’s distribution,
27
Numbers of the Kirghese, 303
Nuratagh hills, Rock salt of, ii. 141
Nursery at Borokhudzir, 193
O a s e s o f T u r k m e n i a , i i . 4 4 9
O b j e c t o f A u t h o r ’ s j o u r n e y , 6
O b s e r v a n d a , x x x i i
Observatory at Russian Tashkend, 441
Samarkand, 564
Tashkend, 467
— of Ulug Bek, 585
Occupations in Russian Tashkend, 441
— of Kirghese, 314
Merv Tekkes, ii. 478
— Turkomans, ii. 447
Ocean, Dry bed of, ii. 418
Odessa, Arrival of Author at, ii. 504
7— Jewish persecution at, ii. 107
ii------------English opinion on, ii. 107
77— Parting with Mr. Sevier at, ii. 504
O’Donovan, Mr., in Turkmenia, ii. 467
killed in Soudan war, ii. 468
-— Letter of, 468
'Offerings at Kirghese tombs, 367
Officers’ club at Tashkend, 451
of Khan of Khiva, ii. 261
Official letters and favours, 12
Officials, Over-zealousness of, 24
Oil factory in Kuldja, 242
— mill at Manak, ii. 323
Oil painting by M. Aivazovsky ii. 504
— wells at Balakhane, ii. 500
Oiliantchis, or singers, ii.. 90
Old Testament, Wonderful MSS. of,
ii. 115
Omsk, Acquaintances at, 62
— Arrival at, 41
3 Books for prisons at, 65
— Cossack school at, 134
Decline of, 60
— Departure from, 66
— Description of town of, 59
— Fauna of, 80
S- Flora of, 80
— Kirghese school at, 358
I#- Meeting the Governor-General of, 76
— Meteorology of, 48, 49
— Prison at, 661
Diet in, 662
— Schools in, 63
— Visit to Acting-Governor, 64
— Visits to inhabitants, 63
— and Semipolatinsk, Stations between,
66
Opium exports from Kuldja, 257
— smoking in Kuldja, 261
Orchards at Bokhara, ii. 165
Orenburg, Forts erected at, 404
— Kirghese, Taxation of, 410
— road, Towns on, 389
— routes, ii. 229
— Ship-building at, 409
Oriental customs illustrated, ii. 429
— duplicity, ii. 372
— garden at Bokhara^ ii. 83
— oath-taking, ii. 499
— politeness, 519
— worship, ii. 297
Origin of Kara-Kirghese, 304
Ornaments of Kirghese, *313
— — the Turkomans, ii. 447
Ornithology of Ala-Kul district, 147
Aulie-Ata district, 415
:%--- - Turkistan, 415
Orography of Semirechia, 151
Orphan asylum at Samarkand, 600
Orthodox Christian Brotherhood : Kal-
muk school, 170
----------Rules of. 169
Orthoptera of Turkistan, ii. 613
Osh, Climate of, 497
Oshanin, M., of Tashkend Museum, 455
---- Collection of Hemiptera, 455
— — Description of Darwaz, ii. 54
Explorations of, ii. 50, 53
Presents from, 456
Osten-Sacken, Baron, Explorations of, 297
Ostroumoff, M., on Mussulman characteristics,
ii. 299
G EN ER A L IN D E X . 7 15
Ostroumoff, M., on the Kalmuks, 215
Otamish Tekkes of Merv, ii. 477
Othman, Koran of, 582
Oven at Kakir, ii. 62
Overcrowding in prisons, 672
Over-zealousness of officials, 24
Ovis Polii: remarkable sheep, 244
Oxus river, Author’s arrival at, ii. 176
— — bed at Ak-bugut, ii. 389
-----'-T- Description of, ii. 393-395
---------Glukhovsky’s reconnaissances
of, ii. 407
4^ —7 — Russian survey of, ii. 406
— fp — Stebnitzky’s reconnaissances of,
— -— Coursme (4A0nc7i.ent) of, ii. 402
■ Fourfold change of, ii. 405
Deflection of, ii. 409
Delta of, ii. 241
¡H Dimensions at Pitniak, ii. 225
[5 Discharge of, ii. 225
:-----Diversion, Feasibility of, ii. 406
Feeding-time on, ii. 203
Ferry-boat on, ii. 176
Floating down, ii. 200
— S Geographical problems, ii. 402
— — Junction with Aral, ii. 242
Lower. Basin of, ii. 241
— European authors on, ii. 245
---------Hydrography of, ii. 241
--------- Islands of, ii. 241
---------Towns on, ii. 241
all-—-— Names of, ii. 192
i i Old bed, Description of, ii. 390
HI----------- Journey in the, ii. 382
-------- - — Lakes in, ii. 393
l ife- Length of,' ii. 407
pipBj Lupandin, M., on, ii. 407
— Hf — — Petrusevitch, Col., on, ii. 408
Primitive boat on, ii. 176
— —. Reconnaissances of Co), Markozoff,
ii. 406
Source of, ii. 193
Stations from Huzar to, ii. 52
E ----Upper, Change of boats on, ii. 208
E||Py||j- 'Cliffs on, ii. 208
— ----- . Compulsory sendee of boatmen
on, ii. 205
---------Dismissal of escort at Udjik,
ii. 208
— Escort of Author on, ii. 201
— HI — Extortion of Toksaba, ii. 207
---- —- Ferries on, ii. 196
— — — Fords of, ii. 195
— Fortress of Ist-poos, 207
— Geological phenomena, ii. 206
---------Hydrography of, ii. 202
--------- Islands in, ii. 204
Journey to Udjik, ii. 206
Oxus river, Upper, Journey to Kheradj,
ii. 293
----------- — Ustik, ii. 205
’— Moonlight suppers on, ii. 206
r- —- Navigation of, ii. 197
---------Scarcity of fuel on, ii. 198
—- Survey of, ii. 196
—----Tomb of Ak-rabat, ii. 207
— I----Turkoman boats on, ii. 207
---------Villages on, ii. 202
Wood, Lieut., on, ii. 193
Paderin, M., Hospitality of, 221
Palace at Samarkand, 566
— of Emir of Bokhara, ii. 125
—. — Khan at Tashauz, ii. 328
— of Khokand, 525
Pamir mountains, 492
— Climate of, 493
§g§- Fauna of, 494
jUr Flora Of, 494
— Meteorology of, 493
Panj river, ii. 193
Pantussoff, M., Distrib. of books by, 667
on crime in Kuldja, 236
Paper manufactory at Khokand, 524
Parasites in Turkistan, ii. 615
Parkes, Sir H., Encouraging opinions
of, 2
Parting with Mr. Sevier at Odessa,
iiT 504
Pastime in the desert, ii. 423
Patar, Shifting sands at, 515
Patron saint of Bokhara, ii. 71
Pavlodar, Arrival at, 70
-ri- Cheapness of provisions at, 71
— Sale of books at, 70
Peaches of Khiva, ii. 267
Peculiarities of Turkistan rivers, 385
Pecuniary assistance, 4
Pehlivan-Ata mosque at Khiva, ii. 293
Peikand, Ruins of; ii. 166
Penjakend, Scriptures for, 443
Penjdeh, Valley of the Murgab at, ii. 454
Peril of riches in Bokhara, ii. 187
Perils of the desert, ii. 172
— road, ii. 168 -
Perm, Arrival at, 17
— Departure from, 19
— Police examination of Author at, 22
— Railway adventure at, 18
— Return of Author to, under arrest, 21
Perovsk, Scriptures for, 443
Perovsky, Gen., Expedition against
Khiva, ii. 277
Perquisites, ii. 12
— at Bokhara, ii. 479
Persecution of Jews in Odessa, ii. 107
~ — — Central Asia, ii. 105