INDEX 



653 



33 1 > 332, 334-9 ; size of Miller's 

 big ram, 339 ; coloration of, 339 ; 

 old horns of, 343 ; distribution of, 



344-7 

 Ovis nigrimontana, 549 



Paikoff, 23 ; publication of, 637 



Pamir, 35 



Paquet, Dr., 24 ; publication, 637 



Paris, Matthew, 299 



Partridge, of Karlik Tagh, 629 ; 

 of Chukar, 627-9, 631 ; Brown, 

 629, 632 



Pavlinoff, 19 



Pei-lu, 409, 428, 440, 583 ; passes 

 from, to Nan-lu, 447-8 



Pekin, 4, 8, 20 



Perdix daiirica, 629, 632 



Perdix perdix, 632 



Pereira, John, 421, 564, 568, 575, 

 596, 602 



Pereira, Major G., 25, 373 



Persia, 6 



Petersen, Mr., 445, 449 



Petropavlovsk, 86, 90, 92 



Pheasants, in Kash Valley, 423 ; of 

 Mongolia and Dzungaria, 632 



Piassetsky, P., 477, 495, 532 ; pub- 

 lication, 637 



Picas, 140 ; of Karlik Tagh, 629 



Pievtzof, 3, 20 



Poland, 12 



Poplar forest, dying, 468-70 



Potanin, G. N., 3 ; explorations of, 

 19-20, 274 ; work in Turgun 

 Mountains, 278, 284-5 '> near 

 Barkul, 531 ; visits Barkul and 

 Kumul, 496 ; maps by, 496 ; 

 publication, 637 



Pozdnyeiff, 22 ; publication, 638 



Precipitation on Tian Shan, 379; 

 on Altai, 380 



Prester John, 3, 11, 350, 351, 353 ; 

 the romance of, 353-6 ; the 

 accredited wealth and power of, 



355 



Previous Explorations. See Ex- 

 plorations 



Price, M. P., 4, 44, 77, 94, 121, 130, 

 137, 138, 147, 148, 150, 152, 154, 

 1S5, 216, 223, 247, 251, 263, 286, 

 287, 289, 327, 340, 347, 399, 421 ; 

 cited, 418 ; publication, 638 



Prjevalsky, N. M., 3, 6, 15 ; ex 



ploration in Mongolia, 21, 313 ; 

 crossed Dzungaria, 456 ; cited, 

 484, 526, 626 ; visits Kumul, 

 496 ; near Barkul, 531 ; sights 

 Bogdo-ola from Urungu River, 

 535 ; wild- horse, 608 ; publication, 

 638 



Protocol, Russo-Mongolian, 632-4 



Ptarmigan, 140, 627, 631 



Rabdan, Khan of Eleuths, 386 



Radloff, D. W., 6, 21 ; publica- 

 tion, 638 



Raemdonck, Father, 421 



Rafailow, 20 ; visits Barkul and 

 Kumul, 496 



Rafts, 119, 120, 230 



Rai Lai Singh, Stein's surveyor, 498 



Railway construction between Si- 

 beria and Mongolia, 323 



Rainfall at Minnusinsk, 40 ; in 

 Upper Yenisei basin, 107 ; on 

 Turgun Mountains, 284, 285, 

 286 n. ; in Karlik Tagh, 513 n., 

 514 ; on Bogdo-ola, 530 



Rapids on Bei-Kem, 174-6 



Raschid-ed-din, 200 



Rashid historian, 15 n. 



Ratzel, cited, 256 



Ravines in Central Dzungaria, 545- 

 6 



Red Indians, 8 



Regel, 20 



Reindeer (domesticated), early men- 

 tion of, in North Asia, 15 n., 197 ; 

 rock-drawings of, 50, 56 ; exist- 

 ence in Chinese Empire, 198 ; 

 their love of cold, etc., 127-8, 209 ; 

 dependence of Uriankhai upon, 

 212, 220 ; distribution of, 157; 

 212, 213 ; wood-carvings of, 223 ; 

 Uriankhai care of, 124, 230, 234, 

 235 ; description of Uriankhai: 

 measurements of, etc., 231-3 ; 

 Norwegian reindeer as compared 

 with, 231, 232 ; habitat of, 233, 

 234 ; southern limit of, 105, 127, 

 179, 626, 630 ; Uriankhai dislike 

 of parting with, 141 



— (wild), 128, 129, 135 ; range of, 



136, 157 

 Religion, religions of Asia, 28 ; 

 religion and art, 55 ; primitive, 

 55 ; influence of, on Uriankhai, 



