INDEX 



651 



51611., 629; on Ati Bogdo, 627, 



629 

 Lapchuk, 486 

 Laps, 198 



Lecoq, Dr. von, 499 

 Leh, 4 

 Lhasu, 269 



Liao, or Kitan, dynasty, 384 

 Liao-tun, 493 

 Life-zones of N.W. Mongolia and 



Dzungaria, Appendix D., 624-32 ; 



map of, 418, 623 

 Ling-yang, saiga, 591 

 Littledale, St. George, 327, 346, 548 

 Lodun, 493 

 Lydekker, 569 



Magyars, 8 



MahxnotBeg, Chief of Western Kirei, 

 359 ; made pilgrimage to Mecca, 



365 



Mahsud Shah, Khan of Kumul, 487 ; 

 power of, 487 ; entertainment by, 

 488-91 ; hospitality of, 487-8, 

 503 ; residence of, 4S8-9 ; garden 

 of, 489-90 ; country seats of, 

 491, 504, 507 ; extent of terri- 

 tory of, 491-3 



Maili Mountains, 389, 411, 548, 551 ; 

 as Kirei territory, 359 ; charac- 

 ter of, 551 ; sheep-hunting on, 



551-2 



Makandaroff, G., 82, 320, 326, 330, 

 332, 341, 421 



Manas, town, 395, 439 ; importance 

 of, 440-2 ; to Urumchi, 442-3 ; 

 Bogdo-ola viewed from, 535 ; 

 revisited, 541 ; routes north- 

 wards from, 541, 542 ; we leave 

 finally, 542 



— River, 381 ; in summer flood, 

 440 ; importance of district, 441- 

 2, 541 ; character of, 541, 542 ; 

 forests on, 542 ; cultivation on, 

 542-3 ; summer rains by, 542 ; 

 we cross, 543 ; stag near, 609 ; 

 pheasants of, 632 



Manchuria, 31, 35 



Man River, 54 



Maral, wapiti, 516 



Marco Polo, 12, 15 n., 129, 477, 482, 

 485 ; cited, 197, 254, 472 



Mardi tribe, 125, 202, 204, 208 



Marmot, 271, 322-33, 342 



Martianoff, N., 72 



Matussovskd, 3, 18-19, 20 ; visits 



Kumul, 495 

 Mecca, pilgrims to, from Central 



Asia, 364-5 ; from Dzungaria, 



550 



Mengou-tsason, 266 n. 



Merzbacher, G., 25 ; work in Tian 

 Shan, 456 ; in Bogdo-ola, 537, 539, 

 540 ; publication, 637 



Metshin-ola, 493, 523, 528 



Migrations, 8, 9 ; in Yenisei region, 

 50 ; Mongol, cause of, 295 ; Mon- 

 gol, influence of, 297 ; of Torguts 

 from Dzungaria, 390-1 



Miller, J. H., 4, 90, 94, 121, 130, 135, 

 137, 140-7, 148, 150, 152, 154, 

 223, 224, 231, 247. 251, 264, 266, 

 289, 399, 414, 422, 439, 460, 466, 



504. 5M> 529, 530. 534 



Miller, T. P., 421 



Mingyn, Mongols, 520 ; Gobi, 531 ; 

 saiga in, 591 



Minnusinsk, 30, 32, 35 ; first view 

 of, district, 36 ; arrival at, 40 ; 

 temperature of, 40 ; rainfall at, 

 40 ; richness of district, 41 ; 

 population of, 42 ; early history 

 of district, 48 ; tumuli in dis- 

 trict, 65 



Minnusinsk steppes, early inhabit- 

 ants of, 198, 200 



Miroshnishenko, 402-3 ; publica- 

 tion, 638 



Miskan Pass, 537 



Mississippi River, 39 



Mogoi, 521 ; visited by Young- 

 husband, 497 



Mohammedan Chinese, 394. See 

 Dungans 



Mohammedanism. See Islam 



Mole-rats of Karlik Tagh, 629 



Mongolia, 3, 5. 7- 9, 13 ; importance 

 of, 10 ; discovery of, 10 ; com- 

 munication with Europe, 10, 12 ; 

 our lack of knowledge of, i, 3, 25 ; 

 size of, 29 ; scenery of, 29 ; as site 

 of Uigur kingdom, 51 ; fort of, 

 plateau, y^ ; Russian traders in, 

 271, 322-33 ; administrative di- 

 vision of, 272 n. ; climate of, 

 286 n., 319, 321, 329, 361 ; desic- 

 cation in, 307 ; zones of, 292-3 ; 

 nature of, 292-3 



Mongolia, North-western 23 ; signifi- 



