GENERAL INDEX 



Lokai, see Lochai. 

 ,Lola, vocabulary, 433^ 



Lolos, 49 ; fear of the camera, il/.; MSS., 

 58, 63, 67, 87 ; particulars concerning, 

 6o_^; vocabularies, 433^; MS., 457. 



Loukou, routes from, 410. 



Loutses, branch of Lissous, i8g ; as hunters, 

 227 ; proper, 260 ; legendary origin, 261 ; 

 other names, ib.\ language, zb.\ parti- 

 culars concerning, 262, 263 ; vocabularies, 

 A39f; 446. 



Loutze-Kimg, R., or Salwen, dread of, 150. 



Lysiang-Kiang, see Black River. 



M 



Ma, General, 28, 31. 



Madagascar, i ; rice culture in, 42. 



Malay Peninsula, 303. 



Malleson, Colonel, op. cit., 357. 



Mandalay, English railway from, 32, 95. 



Mandoum, routes from, 414, 415. 



Manhao, i \ff., 39 ; observations at, 361, 365, 

 368, 377- 



Manhao, the mafou, 75 ; stabs the makotou, 

 112; reappears, i 53. 



Manhat, French e.\plorer, 94. 



Margarj", murder of, 129. 



Mark, M., attack on, 19. 



Massie, French explorer, 94. 



Material for e.xpedition, 458^^ 



Mekong, R., approach to, 79, 89 ; reflections 

 on, 94, 121 ; other names for, 97 ; crossed 

 at Notcha, 95 ; second passage of, 120; 

 rejoined and crossed at Fey-long-kiao, 

 151 ; first cord bridge over, 171 ; at Fong- 

 Chouan, 192 ; right bank abandoned, 204 ; 

 crossed at Tsedjrong, 217 ; the French 

 river, 219 ; last bivouac on, 251 ; observa- 

 tions on, 362, 365, 366, 370^; routes 

 between the Salwen, R. and, 410, 411. 



Meng-hua-ting, valley and plain of, 125; 

 observations at, 373. 



Miaotses, 21, 50, 51 ; writing, 60. 



Mienning, no; observations at, 363, 372; 

 routes from, 409. 



Minchias, 129, 137, 159; vocabulary, 439# 



Mines, coal, 7 ; copper, 55 ; silver and 

 copper near Ouei-ten, 194 ; near Tachin, 

 408, 411. 



Miris, 352. 

 Mishniis, 343 ; 

 443//- 



2 G 



at Sadiya, 353 ; vocabulary, 



Missionaries, at Mongtse, 20; at Tali-Fou, 

 lyiff.; at Ouisi, 201 ; at Tsekou, 220^; 

 author's debt to French, 24S. 



Moam, plain of, 294, 29S ; inhabitants of, 

 303 ; identified, 305. 



Mogaung, or Mogaum, 320. 



Money, iS, 23, 141, 248, 294. 



Mong-ie-tsin-Ho R., 406. 



Mong-ka, Roux's divergence to, 103, 109 ; 

 observations at, 363, 365, 371 ; routes from, 

 408. 



Mong-pan, Roux's divergence to, 103, 109 ; 

 observations at, 371 ; routes from, 407. 



Mongtse, arrival at, 19 ; details concerning, 

 24 ; market, ib. ; trade, 31, 32 ; climate, 

 iJi ; p'ague, ib. ; departure from, 35 ; ob- 

 servations at, 361, 395, 368. 



Mossos, first met, 200; particulars of, 210, 

 211; writing, 212; government, 213; 

 relations with the missionaries, 215 ; visit 

 to their chief, ib. ; sorcery, 216; vocabu- 

 lary, 439# ; MSS., 448# 



Mouke, native tally, 169. 



Muong-le, reached, 73 ; trade at, 75 ; ob- 

 servations at, 362, 365, 370 ; routes from, 

 406. 



Musical instruments, 49, 91, 191, 196. 



Mussulman, tolerance, 31 ; population at 

 Tali, 137 ; war, traces of the, 48, 119, 126 ; 

 end oi do., 129. 



My-le-kiang, R. (Mali-kha), west branch of 

 Irawadi, 410. 



N 



Nam, 5, 68, 73, 100, 107, 251, 267, 286, 349. 



Nam Dapha, R., 343 ; observations on, 376. 



Nam Dihing, R., 342, 345 ; valley of, 346 ; 

 confluence with Brahmaputra, 350 ; ob- 

 servations on, 376. 



Nam-kiou, R., crossed, 310 ; other name for, 

 ib. ; branch of Irawadi, ib. ; observations 

 on, 376 ; route on, 415. 



Nam Lang, R., 330. 



Nam Phungan, R., 337 ; observations on, 

 376. 



Nam Tsam, R., 297. 



Nanking, 129, 160. 



Nan-Ting-Ho, R., affluent of Salwen, 409. 



Natural history, 418^^ 



Needham, Mr., English Political Agent at 

 Sadiya, 350, 351 ; hospitality of, 353. 



Neris, French explorer, 94. 



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