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INDEX 



range of, 608 ; compared with 

 Tibetan kiang, 607 



Kran Valley, 373. 397. 398. 400. 4° i 



Krasnoyarsk, 30, 37, 39, 44, no 



Kriloff, R. N., 22, 113 ; cited, 183 ; 

 publication, 636 



Kublai Khan, 297, 316 



Kum Chaza, 438 



Kummis, 220, 248 



Kumul, 4, 22, 25 ; nomenclature of, 

 472 n. ; description of, 473-6 ; 

 our arrival at, 473-4 ; entertained 

 by Khan of, 473-4 ; importance 

 of situation of, 474-5, 476-7 ; 

 history of, 476-7 ; religion of in- 

 habitants, 477, 478 ; size of oasis, 

 478-9 ; hydrography of oasis, 

 478-82 ; lakes in district of, 

 480-82 ; cultivation at, 482 ; 

 Islam in, 484-5 ; Khan of, 484- 

 93 ; discontent amongst inhabi- 

 tants, 485-6; neighbouring oases, 

 486 ; subjects of the Khan of, 

 486-7 ; administration of, 487 ; 

 town of, 488 ; view from, 494 ; 

 early visitors to, 495-9 ; astro- 

 nomical position of, 496 ; we 

 leave for Toruk, 501 ; steppe to 

 north of oasis, 501 ; return to, 

 503 ; finally leave, 503 ; routes 

 from, to Barkul, 526 ; view of 

 Karlik Tagh from, 621-22 



Kumulik, their rendering of Turki 

 words relating to water, etc., 480- 

 2 ; Chinese influence amongst, 

 482-5 ; dress of, 483 ; women, 

 483 ; morality of, 484-5 ; strict- 

 ness of, 484-5 ; discontent 

 amongst, 485-6 ; administration 

 of, 487 ; taxes imposed upon, 

 491 ; on Bogdo-ola, 465 ; in 

 Barkul basin, 530-1 ; compared 

 with Taghliks, 507-8 



Kunde-Kuria, 267, 270, 281 



Kundelun Mountains. See also 

 Turgun Mountains, 3 ; first sight 

 of, 266 ; valley, first approach to, 

 267 ; beauty of, 268 ; Dalai 

 Khan's residence in, 273 ; valley, 

 281 ; Peak, 282, 283, 287, 289 ; 

 fauna of, 345, 626-7 



Kunguz Valley, 391 



Kuntiza, 457, 459 



Kun Valley, 389 



Kurgans. See Tumuli 



Kuria, of Upper Bei-Kem, 148 ; 



description of, 150 ; of Chedan 



Valley, 186, 192-4 ; of Upper 



Kemchik, 191 ; of Upper Yenisei 



basin, 194 ; Kunde, 267, 271 ; 



influence of, on Uriankhai, 211 ; 



as meeting-place for Uriankhai, 



223 

 Kurtuski Pass, 113 

 Kushabar, 43, 46, 79 ; description 



of, 75, 80 ; spring at, 75, 76, yj ; 



forests near, 77 ; grazing rights 



at, 80-1 ; supplies at, 82 ; start 



from, 83 

 Kutaiba, Arab conqueror of Central 



Asia, 614 

 Kutun River, 546 

 Kuz-imchik Range, 432, 619-20 

 Kuzu-Kem, 147 

 Kuzuk Khan, grandson of Jenghis 



Khan, 385, 406 



Lacoste, de, 24 ; publication, 637 



Ladikh, 579 



Lagoons, of Sairam Nor, 620 



Lagopus rupestris, 627 



Lakes in Upper Yenisei basin, 106, 

 108, 134, 135 ; LakeChapsa, 135 ; 

 Toji Kul, 152, 153 ; Sut Kul, 185 ; 

 Noyon Kul, 148 ; Ubsa Nor, 22, 

 16, 192, 205, 261, 266, 273-5, 277, 

 285, 221 ; Uriu Nor, 266, 273, 

 277, 286, 287 ; AchitNor, 22, 273, 

 277, 278, 286, 287, 289, 321-3; 

 Chagan Nor, 324 ; Kendikti Kul, 

 191, 345 ; in Kumul district, 

 480-2 ; Barkul, 532-3 ; Tur Kul, 

 523-4. 533 ; Bogdo-ola, 538-9 ; 

 Ala Kul, 411-13, 416-18 ; EbiNor, 

 413-14, 417-18, 438, 552, 605; 

 Kizil-bashi Nor, 543 ; Telli Nor, 

 381, 543 ; Ayar Nor, 543 ; Sai- 

 ram Nor, 420, 432, 438, 578, 560, 

 619-21 



Lamaism, amongst Uriankhai, 206, 

 222, 225, 256, ; evils of, 270 

 amongst Mongols, 270 31 1-4 



Lamas, 215 



Lao-tzao-gou, 430 



Larch, Siberian, 122, 178, 185, 190, 

 627 ; on Baitak Bogdo, 462 ; on 

 Karlik Tagh, 629 ; on Ati Bogdo, 

 629 



Larix Sibirica, on Karlik Tagh, 



