INDEX 



643 



Bei-Kem, Upper, scenery of, 145 ; 

 routes from, to Siberia, 147, 148; 

 scenery near Skobieff, 156 ; popu- 

 lation of, 202 ; tribes of, 237 ; 

 religious ceremony in, 247-50 ; 

 barrier between Upper and Lower 

 161 



— Khua-Kem region, 157, 159, 212 



Belju Pass, 525 



Belka, dog, 123 



Bell, Col. Mark, visits Kumul and 

 Barkul, 497 ; publication, 635 



Belota, 325, 327, 347 



Biakoff, 185 



Bibliography, 635-9 



Biddulph, H. M., 570, 571 



Biisk, 271, 322, 323 



Birch-bark, 221, 229 



Bird-life in Upper Yenisei basin, 

 140, 321, 407, 631-2 



Bishbalik, 383 



Black Art. See Shammanism 



Blackcock, 628, 631 



Black Irtish. See Irtish 



Black River, 88 



Blandford, Dr., 567 ^ 



Bretschneider, Dr., 615 



Bodkhon-Khalat, 262, 263, 265 



Bog art River, 87 



Bogdo-ola, 4, 25, 285, 358, 359, 378 ; 

 desired by Kirei, 360, 361, 367, 

 460 ; first sight of, 443 ; northern 

 slopes of, 463-6 ; eastern end of, 

 465, 467, 497 ; explored by 

 Grum-Grjimailo, 497 ; inhabit- 

 ants of, 464-6 ; importance of, to 

 Dzungaria, 535 ; distance to be 

 seen from, 535 ; myths concern- 

 ing, 536 ; climate of, 536, 537-8 ; 

 alpine lake of, 537 ; early ex- 

 ploration of, 537 ; to, from 

 Guchen, 537-9 ; topography of, 

 540-1 ; altitude of highest peaks, 

 540-1 ; glaciers of, 540-1 



Bogdo-ola Lake, 538-9, 540 



Bombay, 4 



Bonin, C. E., 445 ; publication. 



Boots, Uriankhai, 219 ; Kirghiz, 



369 



Borashay Pass, 114, 115, 194-5, 264 

 Borodaile, A. A., 23 ; publication, 



635 

 Boro-Khoro Range, 428 



Borotala Valley, 4, 381, 400, 420, 



437 ; Charkhars of, 391-3 ; 

 we arrive at, 552 ; character of, 

 553. 555 ; we travel up, 556 ; 

 forests in, 556 ; nature of northern 

 side, 556-7 ; hunting in, 556- 

 69 ; wolves in, 557, 55S ; bears. 

 559-60 ; lack of inhabitants, 

 500 ; good sheep-horns obtained 

 in, 565-6, 509 ; wild-sheep of, 



561-74. 5^^. 569-71. river of, 

 566 ; pheasants of, 632 



Borstan, 464-5 



Bouragut. See Golden Eagle 



Bows, 226-7 



Broomhall, M., cited, 614-15 ; pub- 

 lication, 635 



Buddhism, amongst Uriankhai, 151, 

 192-4, 200 ; amongst Mongols, 

 311-14, 316, 317; as compared 

 with Islam, 363-4 ; Buddhism 

 versus Islam, 362-6, 365-7 ; in 

 Kumul, 477-8 ; remains of, in 

 Karlik Tagh, 504-5 



Bulon-tokhoi, 401 



Buran, wind, 413, 414-15 



Buriats, 33, 69, 201, 203 n., 317; 

 horse sacrifice amongst, 247 



Burkark, saiga, 591. See refer- 

 ences under Saiga 



Caccabis chukar, 627 



Camels, 172, 179, 223 ; transport 



by, 405 ; cost of hire in Dzungaria, 



405 ; usefulness of, 455 

 Campbell, C. W., cited, 224-5 » 



publication, 635 

 Camul. See Kumul 

 Canoes on Upper Bei-Kem, 146, 



158 ; on Chulim, 35 

 Capercailzie, 132, 179, 626, 631 

 Capra sibirica almasyi, 630 ; typica, 



630 

 Capreolus pygargus, of Mongolia 



and Dzungaria, 630 ; of Tian 



Shan, 630 

 Caravan by camel, trans-Gobi ser- 

 vice, 452 ; described, 453-5 

 Caravanserai, on Chinese high-roads, 



434 

 Carpini, John de, cited, 12, 253, 



254, 276 n., 286 n., 304, 406, 411 



Carruthers, D., 327, 340, 341, 343, 



344. 347. 556-7. 561. 562, 566, 

 568, 569, 575, 577, 585, 596 

 Cathay, 10, 13 



