INDEX 



645 



Climatic changes in Southern Si- 

 beria, 78 



Clothes of Uriankhai, 219 ; of Kirei 

 Kirghiz, 362-3 



Coal-mines in Central Dzungaria, 



458 

 " Coir-Cham," 369 

 Collecting in Upper Yenisei basin, 



132 ; in Mongolia, 289 

 Communication, lines of, 6, 10 

 Constantinople, Christian Emperor 



of, II. See also Stamboul 

 Cultivation, 41, 70, 161, 173, 183- 



4, 275 ; in Emil Valley, 407 ; 



north of Guchen, 458 ; at Kumul, 



482 ; in Karlik Tagh, 501-2, 503- 



4. 5^^-7' 509. 511. 512, 525 ; in 

 Barkul basin, 527, 528 ; on 

 Manas River, 542, 543. See also 

 Agriculture 



Cumberland, Major, 321 ; cited, 

 586-7 



Curtin, Prof., 247 ; publication, 635 



Dabachin Pass, 378 



Dain Kul, 357, 358, 370, 372 



Darkat, 200, 276 n. 



Daurian Partridge, 629, 632 



Dead Sea, salinity of, compared with 



that of Tur Kul, 524 

 Deer in Mongolia and Dzungaria, 



630 

 Deforestation, 104, 160, 178, 179 

 Demidofi, E., 327, 346 ; publica- 

 tion, 635 

 Deniker, J., publication, 635 

 Denudation in Karlik Tagh, 512 

 Desiccation, 178, 307; in Dzun- 

 garia, 381, 467-70 

 Difficulties of travel in Siberia, 86 ; 



in Dzungaria, 544-6 

 Djinko, 437 

 Dogs, Uriankhai, 227-8 

 Dolto Nor, 325, 357, 358 ; we visit, 



37O' 372 

 Dora-Kem Steppe, 104, 111,146, 148, 



202 



Drum, Uriankhai, 251 n. 



Du Chaillu, 232 



Du Halde, cited, 616 



Dungans, revolt in Dzungaria, 376, 

 387, 452, 476, 477, 532 ; results 

 of, 443 ; colonists in Dzungaria, 

 382, 387, 394 ; capabilities of. 



394 ; as carriers, 429 ; origin and 

 history of. Appendix A, 614-15 ; 

 characteristics of, 615 ; num- 

 bers of, 616-17; of Dzungaria, 

 618; origin and meaning of name, 

 618 



Durbet, 3, 205, 266 n., 272 ; Dalai 

 Khan of, 267, 269, 270, 273, 278 ; 

 various ways of spelling, 267 n. ; 

 visit to Dalai Khan of, 268 ; 

 Wang of, 273-5 ; territory and 

 possessions of, 275-7 



Dzungaria, 3, 4, 5, 9 ; exploration 

 of, 20-6 ; importance of, 10; 

 northern border-ranges of, 23 ; 

 origin of name, 374-5. 3^6 ; a 

 debatable land, 375 ; restless 

 state of, 375 ; boundaries of, 376 ; 

 topography of, 376-7 ; area of, 

 377 ; altitude of, 376-7 ; plains 

 of. 377 .' border-ranges of, 377- 

 80 ; as mountain-locked basin, 

 379 ; influences of border-ranges 

 on, 379-81 ; precipitation on 

 border-ranges, 379-80 ; desicca- 

 tion in, 381 ; hydrography of, 

 381, 467-70 ; fertile zone, 381 ; 

 early history of, 382-8 ; as por- 

 tion of Mongol Empire, 385 ; 

 repopulation by colonists, 387 ; 

 inhabitants of, 389-96 ; nomadic 

 zone of, 388-93 ; settled zone of, 

 393-5 ; towns of, 395 ; future of, 

 396 ; travel in, 400 ; administra- 

 tion of, 400 ; variety of inha- 

 bitants, 402 ; climate of, 410, 

 410 n. ; Southern Dzungaria, 424- 

 66 ; capital of, 443-7 ; postal ser- 

 vice of, 445-6 ; break of winter in, 

 438, 463, 466 ; sand-dunes of, 

 456-63 ; prevailing winds of, 

 413, 414 n., 460-1; contrasts 

 between, and Chinese Turkestan, 

 467-8 ; condition of, compared 

 with Turfan, 464 ; Central, 542- 

 6 ; forests in, 542 ; scenery in, 

 543 ; cultivation in, 542-3 ; 

 Central, mirages in, 543 ; native 

 guides in, 544-6 ; saxaul forest 

 in, 546 ; ravines in, 545-6 ; 

 game of, 580-610, 628 ; fauna 

 and flora of, Appendix D, 



624 ; map showing life- zones of, 



625 ; " Frontiers of Dzungaria," 

 Tomsk, igi2, 635 



