Persecution of Jews in Russia, ii. 105
Mennonites, ii. 350
Persia, Prison in, ii. 185
— Slaves from, ii. 185
Persian architecture at Samarkand, 582
— Jews in Bokhara, ii. 108
— siege of Merv, ii. 457
— slaves in Khivan khanate, ii. 270
— Turkmenia, ii. 482
Persians at Merv, Defeat of, ii. 457
— in Bokhara, ii. 150
Peshawur routes to Khokand, 532
Peter the Great, Aggressiveness of, 127
Petersburg, Departure for, 11
— Favourable reception at, 11
— Fortress prison in, 640
— to Afghanistan, Highway from, ii. 406
P e t r o -A l e x a n d r o v s k , Bible Society
Agent near, ii. 305
— — Colporteurs at, ii. 305
— Crime at, ii. 354, 358
Departure from, ii. 247
— — Fever at, ii. 234
— — Fish at, ii. 243
Fortress at, ii. 234
Home comforts at, ii. 228
Horses at, Cost of, ii. 259
------------- Sale of, ii. 236, 237
— — Hospital at, ii. 234
— Journey to Khiva, ii. 247
Land at, Cost of, ii. 250
— Meteorology of, 432
— Native ignorance at, ii. 235
— — Provisions at, ii. 235
— Public bath at, ii. 235
— — Schools at, ii. 234
Scripture distribution at, ii. 237
— Shopping at, ii. 235
— — Social evening at, ii. 233
Tarantass arrival at, ii. 236
— Sale of, ii. 236
§|Town of. ii. 234
Troops at, ii. 234
— - Visit to Capt. Kryloif, ii. 235
Wages at, ii. 235 ‘
? Weather at, ii. 233, 331
Welcome at, ii. 228
Winter preparations at, ii. 233
Petroleum in Ferghana, 498
Petrovsky, M., on Bokhariot commerce,
J33
!-------- Turkistan trade, 462
Petrusevitch, Gen., in Turkmenia, ii. 467
—■ — on old bed of Oxus, ii. 408
---------the Turkomans, ii. 444
Pevtzoff, Lt.-Col., Assistance of, ii. 236
Pheasants at Kunia Urgenj, ii. 364
Photographs of Kunia Urgenj, ii. 341
Physiology of Turkomans, ii. 444
I Picture worship, ii. 303
; Pictures, Superstition regarding, ii. 21, 37
Pilau at Charjui, ii. '178
Pilgrim showmen in Central Asia, ii. 344
Pilgrimages in Ferghana, 500
Pillage of Bokhara, ii. 68
Pink salt at Bokhara, ii. 141
Pioneers of Central Asia, 287
Pisces of Kuldja, 247
Pishpek, Botanical garden at, 360
— Prisoners at, 670
Pitniak, Dimensions of Oxus at, ii. 225
— curve on the Amu. ii. 224
Plants collected by Semenoff, ii. 620.
Plants of Turkistan, 482
Zarafshan province, 557
Ploughing and threshing, ii. 7
Poetry of the Kirghese, 341
Police examination of Author at Perm, 22
Politeness of Orientals, 519
the Kirghese, 339
Political agents on Turkoman frontier,
ii. 466
Poltoratzky, Col., Explorations of, 297
Polygamy among the Kirghese, 322
— in Central Asia, ii. 354
Pomerantzoff, M., on Tashkend temperature,
469,
Pond of Porsu, ii. 425
Pools at Bokhara, ii. 135
Poppy culture in Turkistan, 257
Population of Asiatic Tashkend, .440
— Bokhara, ii. 124
Increase of, ii. 150
— Charjui, ii. 177
Chimkent, 421
Hazarasp, ii. 314
<— pr Ili province, 201
1£ | Iliali, ii. 333
Karshi, ii. 44
—— Kazalinsk, 390
|!g|j— Khiva, ii. 307 .
Khivan khanate, ii. 270
— Khojend, 550
Khokand, 524
— — Kitab, ii. 39
— — Kohistan, 538
Krasnovodsk,, ii. 495
Kuldja, 233
Merv, ii. 483
---------oasis, ii. 477
Russian Tashkend, 441
— — Samarkand, 605
, — —^ Semipolatinsk, 107
— ■— Semirechia, 164
— — Shahr, ii. 39
I — — Shurakaneh, ii. 227
—v — Tashauz, ii. 330
I —- — Tashkend, 399
GEN ER AL IN D E X . 717
Population of the Steppe, 45
Turkistan, 370
— according to races, 391
rityi 391
---------Density of, 396
---------Locality of, 397
Vierny, 274
Zarafshan province, 544
Porsu, Gazelles at, ii. 426
— Pond of, ii. 425
— Temperature at, ii. 425
— Wild boar at, ii. 426
Post-house “ chambre de toilette,” 175
— office statistics of Semipolatinsk, 339
— roads in Semipolatinsk, 141
, ~t — - Syr-daria province, 391
— station at Ak-Kend, 196-
Postal communication in Semirechia, 292
Posting service in Semipolatinsk, 141
Precipice of Begendjalri, ii. 417
Prejevalsky, Col., among Kalmuks, 244
on Turkistan zoology, ii. 507 -
Present from Chinese Governor at
Suidun, 263
— to Bek of Karshi, ii. 47
• — Shahr, ii. 30
Presents for Emir of Bokhara, ii. 27
— from Bek of Chirakchi, ii. 43
-------- Charjui, ii. 190
B — Karshi, ii. 47, 56
--------- — Shahr, ii. 34
Emir of Bokhara, ii. 29
— returned by Emir, ii. 36
— to Bek of Chirakchi, ii. 41
I— Kabakli, ii. 211
— Bokhariot courtiers, ii. 29
Kush-beggi of Bokhara, ii. 132
Priest’s house at Khokand, ri. 100
Prison at Charjui, ii. 183
— Karakol, 670
Khiva, ii. 307
— — Khokand, 525, 672
— — Kopal, 670
— — Kunia Urgenj, ii. 358
Lepsa, 670
Omsk, 661
Pishpek, 670
Samarkand, 606, 673
Semipolatinsk, 664
Tashkend, 671
Tokmak, 670
Vierny, 666, 668
-j dungeons at Bokhara, ii. 153
— Fortress, in Petersburg, 640
— gardening, 668
— gardens, 645, 648
— in Persia, ii. 185
literature, 662
■ Overcrowding in, 672
Prison revolt at Khokand, 673 -
— statistics, 665
— torture at Bokhara, ii. 75
Prisoners’ diet at Omsk, 662
— rooms at Petersburg, 647
Prisons in Russia. Exaggerations, 663
-------- Nineteenth Century on, 675
Semirechia, Report on, 667
— of Bokhara, ii. 151
Omsk, Books for, 65
Russian Central Asia, 661
Overcrowding, 672
— — Semipolatinsic, Books for, 144
§§ Siberia, Criticisms in “ Called
Back,” 636'
---------Do we know the truth ? 630
-TiJli— Doubts concerning, 631
— fijf— Opinions of residents, 634
Prince Krapotkine’s censure
and its value, 637
— Supposed preparations for
visit to, 631
— 'VfH ■ Supposition examined, 632
■- -— Swedish testimony, 635
Prostitution in Bokhara, Punishment
for, ii. 15:
---- - Turkistan, ii. 299
Project of Author considered hopeless, 8
Proverbs of the Kirghese, 342
Provincial statistics, Russian, 96
Provisions at Krasnovodsk, ii. 496
—- |§| Kunia Urgenj, ii. 364
Pavlodar, Cheapness of, 71
BBS* Petro-Alexandrovsk, ii. 235
Tara, Cheapness of, 40
Tashkend, 461
H- for Turkistan troops, 603
Public bath at Karshi, ii. 45
— corn stores in Ust-Kamenogorsk district,
316
t Zaisan district, 316
— houses in Zarafshan province, 607
—• library at Russian Tashkend, 441
Publications, Religious, Distribution of, 6
Punishment for personal offences at Akmolinsk,
351
j — 3 theft in Bokhara, ii. 151
Punishments among Kirghese, 347
Puppet-show at Khokand, 524
Purchase of a tarantass, 17
---------telega at Tiumen, 31
—■ -— drugs, 18
Puschkin steamer, To Odessa in, 504
I Putimsoff, Col, Hospitality of, 489
; Q u a d r u p e d s of Khiva, ii. 269
I Quarrels of stallions on the Amu, ii. 209
i R a c e s in h a b i t in g S em ip o la t in s k , 94