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INDEX. 



SHE 



TAN 



Sheep, a sacred animal, i. 54 ; 

 mode of killing, 55 ; purchasing, 

 \\\seqq.; mountain (O^'/.c Biir- 

 rhtil), 261, 262 seqq.; chase of, 

 264 scqq.; their furious fights, 

 264 ; their extraordinary jumps, 

 268 seq. 



Sheiten-ula range, i. 153 seq., 210 ; 



"■ 5, 13 

 Shen-si province, i. 180; ii. 303 

 Shiggatzi, i. 1 1 



Shig, a Chinese measure, ii. 73 

 Shireti-tsu, temple, ii. 16, 19, 280 

 Shisomareff, consul at Urga, i. 8 

 Shohoin-daban (limestone) range, 



i. 154 ; ii. 14 

 Shuga range, xv, ii. 175, 178 seqq., 



224 

 Shuga R., ii. 200 

 Siberia, i. 30, 77, 162 ; ii. 79, 80 

 Sievers, ii. 294 

 Si-fan, see Tangutans 

 Sikkim, ii. 305 

 Siling-gol R., ii. 107 

 Silver currency, i. 96 seq. ; loss 



in exchanging, 152 

 Simni, ii. 129 

 Singanfu, i. 280 ; ii. 292 

 Si-ning town, xxv, i. 79 ; ii. 38, 



58,68,70, 73, 75,83, 102, 119, 



122, 123 ; siege of, 134 seqq. ; 



capture of, 136, 1 39, 1 53; way 



to Lhassa from, 178 ; 300, 301 

 Si-shan range, i. 44 

 Sita River, i. 285 

 Siu-chau-fu, ii. 306 

 Siuen-hvva-fu, i. 44, 135 

 Siue-shan, see Nan-shan 

 Sivanzi, R. C. missionary station, 



i. 13s 



Si-wang, see Sivanzi 



Siya, i. 243, 245, 247 seq., 256 ; ii. 



I, 37,41,44^7- 



Siyinza, R. С missionary station, 

 i. \2>J,seqq. 



Snow-storm, ii. 7, 14 



Sodi-soruksum Mt, ii. 76 ; ascent 

 of, 93 seq. 



Sogo, ii. 275 



Soldiers, Chinese, i. 158, 174, 175, 

 176, x-]-] seq., 199, 221 seq.;\\. il, 

 58, 60, 65, 104, 126, 127, 130 

 seqq.; their low morale, 132 

 seq.; massacre by, 136, 233 



Solones, i. 177 ; ii. 57 seq., 130 

 Songs of Mongols, i. 69 

 Sparrow {Passer ammodendri), ii. 



276 

 Spring in Mongolia, i. 118 seqq. ; 



in Tsaidam, ii. 225 ; in Koko- 



nor, 226 seqq. 

 Stars, falling, i. 202 

 Steppe-fire described, i. 108 * 

 Stonechats, i. 1 1 1 

 vStrachey, H., x 

 Suen-hwa, referred to, ii. 149 

 Sugar, a luxury, ii. 243 

 Suh-chau, town, ii. 56, 59, 70, 75, 



123, 125, ; capture of, 136, 276; 



290, 291, 292 

 Sidhir, kind of grass, i. 23, 233 ; 



seeds used as food, 234 ; U. i >] 

 Suma-hada range, i. 138 seqq. 



152 seq., 169 

 Summers, Rev. J., i. 273 

 Sung-shan, town, ii. 61 

 Sunites, Mongol tribe, i. 144 

 Superstitions among Mongols, i. 



81 

 Surveying, i. 1 1 1 seqq. 

 Suspicions of natives avoided, i. 



113 seq. 

 Syringa, ii. 261 



Syrrhaptes Paraeioxiis, see Sand- 

 grouse 

 Szechuan province, ii. 85, 302 



T' 



*ABASUN-NOR lake, i. 205, 



!IO 



Taeping revolt, ii. 125 

 Tahilga R., i. 200, 201, 206 

 Ta-jing town, ii. 53, 57 seqq., 60, 



123,255 



Taldi tribe, ii. 69 seq., lOjC) 



Taltu or Tartu, see Taldi 



Tamarisk bushes, i. 130; ii. 227 



Tang-keu-eul, see Tonkir 



Tang-la Mts., ii. 152, 176, 179, 

 184, 221 



Tangut kingdom, xxiv, i. 181, 

 242 ; ii. 301 seq. 



Tangutans, xxv ; caravan of, ii. 

 38 seq. ; encampment of, 66, 68 

 seq., 72, 76, 84, 96 ; described, 

 109-122; their language, in 

 seqq., 302 seq.; dress, 113; 

 habitations, 114 ; customs, 121 ; 

 301 seqq. 



