INDEX 



Abakan, 41, 43, 45 ; steppe, 108 ; 

 route from, to Kemelik, 113 ; 

 early inhabitants of, 198, 200 ; 

 tribes of, 205 ; cattle of, 238 



— Tartars, 45, 240 ; af&nities of 

 with Uriankhai, 200, 201 ; dwel- 

 lings of, 208, 209 



— district, as early home of Kirei, 



352 

 Abd-ul-Aziz, 618 

 Abies schrenkiana, 418, 516 n., 625 ; 



on Karlik Tagh, 629 

 " Accordion " folding boat, 87 

 Achinsk, 32 ; we leave, 35 ; country 



south of, 35, 36 

 Achit Nor, 22, 273, 277, 278, 286, 



287, 289, 321-3 ; wild-fowl of, 



321, 322 

 Adak, 486 ; visited by Potanin, etc., 



496 ; astronomical position of, 



496 ; visited by Kozloff, 498, 521, 



522 

 Adrianoff, A. B., 6, 21, 65, 72, 164, 



170, 201, 207, 221 ; publication, 



635 



^olian action, 468-9 



Agriculture, 70 ; in Minnusinsk dis- 

 trict, 41 ; in Upper Yenisei basin, 

 161, 173, 183-4, 275; at Ulankom, 

 275 ; in Emil Valley, 407 ; in Dzun- 

 garia, 458 ; at Kumul, 482 ; in 

 KarHk Tagh, 500-502, 503-504, 

 506-507, 508, 511, 512, 525 ; in 

 Barkul basin, 527,528 ; on Manas 

 River, 542, 543 



Aimak, territorial division, 202, 207 



Ainar River, 122 



Aji Bogdo, 452, 519 



Aksai, plateau, 556 ; wild-sheep of, 



569 



Aksu, 579 



Ala Kul, 411-12, 413, 416, 417, 418 ; 



saiga near, 590 

 Ala Shan, 23 

 Ala-su Valley, 125, 126, 137, 140, 



213, 216 



Ala-tau Mts. as portion of northern 

 border-range of Dzungaria, 379, 

 411, 415, 418, 554 ; routes across, 

 556 ; southern slopes of, 556-7 ; 

 western position of, 559 ; wild- 

 sheep of, 569 ; game of, 630 

 Ala-tyube, island in Ala Kul, 413 

 Algiak Pass, 92, 105, 113, 167 

 Altai, 4, 22, 23 ; explorations of 

 Sapoznikoff in, 24 ; Russian, or 

 Little, 24 ; Mongolian, or Great, 

 24, 326 ; eastern extremities of, 

 346-7 ; altitude of, 371 ; first 

 impression of Mongolia, 371-2 ; 

 as great natural boundary, 372 ; 

 ease of passes across, 372 ; pre- 

 cipitation on, 372, 380 ; length of, 

 378 ; importance of to Dzungaria, 

 378 ; Kran Valley of, 397-9 ; 

 passes across between Kobdo and 

 Guchen, 451 ; flora and fauna of, 



625 



Altai-Tian Shan divide, 347, 462-3, 

 497, 626 ; as birthplace of Kir- 

 ghiz race, 352 ; as Kirei territory, 

 357 ; beauty of, 361-2 ; climate 

 of, 329 ; Uriankhai of, 325, 326-7 



Altai-Tian Shan region, 4 



Altan Khan, 205 



Altitudes of Minnusinsk Steppe, 41 ; 

 of Aradansk, 85 ; of Syansk 

 passes, 92, 113 ; average of Upper 

 Yenisei basin, 99 ; of mountains 

 sorrounding, loi, 102 ; of Tannu- 

 ola, loi, 190, 195, 264 ; peaks, 

 134 ; tree-limit on, 138 ; of 

 Saklia Valley, and range, 263, 

 264 ; of Turgun Mts., 281, 283, 

 284, 286 



Amazon River, 39 



Amil River, 43, 45, 46 ; rise and fall, 

 79, 167 ; width of, at Petro- 

 pavlovsk, 91 ; route from, to 

 Sisti-Kem, 113 



Amursana, leader of Dzungars, 386 



Ancestor-worship, 61, 243 



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