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INDEX 



Sutai, 433 



Sut Kill, 185 



Swayne, Major, 331 n. 



Syansk, 17, 31, 32, 36 ; routes over, 

 42, 43 ; first indication of, 45 ; 

 Minnusinsk to, 45 ; view of, from 

 Kushabar, 84 ; approach from, 

 S^ ; foothills of, 92 ; watershed 

 crossed, 92 ; impression of, from 

 Algiak Pass, 94 ; length of, 100 ; 

 description of, loo-i ; flora of, 

 105 ; tracks across, 113 ; water- 

 shed of, 134 ; reindeer of, 232 



Sythians, 197 



Taghliks, mountaineers of Karlik 

 Tagh, 4S6, 502, 306, 507, 525 ; 

 compared with Kumuliks, 507-8 ; 

 character of, 507-8, 526 ; influ- 

 ence of Chinese on, 508 ; semi- 

 nomadic, 523 ; environment of, 

 526 



Taiga (forest), first view of, 46 ; 

 impenetrability of, 74 ; atmo- 

 sphere of, 89-90, 95-6 ; travel in 

 the, 86, 91 



Taiga (rocky uplifts), in Upper 

 Yenisei basin, 95, 131, 137, 139; 

 venerated by Uriankhai, 244-5 



Takianzi, 435-7 ; gazelle-hunting at, 



583 

 Tal, 520-1 



Ta lao Yang (large-headed-sheep), 

 392 



Talki Pass, 378, 428, 430, 432 



Tamarisk mounds, 468-70 



Tamerlane, Timur, 34 



Tannu-ola, 3, 17, 21, 23, 100, 201 ; 

 length of, description of, loi ; al- 

 titude of, 10 1 ; difference between 

 and Syansk, 10 1 ; snowfall of, 

 III, 192 ; routes across, 114, 115 ; 

 as natural boundary of Siberia, 

 166 ; as seen from Cha-Kul, 182 ; 

 ascent of, 190 ; character of, 190 ; 

 we cross the, 195 ; impressions 

 from summit of, 257-9 ; south 

 side of, 261 ; wild-sheep of, 345 ; 

 as dividing-line between Siberian 

 and Mongolian fauna, 624-5 



Tapsa Valley, 157, 167, 172 



Taranchi, 486 



Tarbagatai INIountains, as Kirei ter- 

 ritory, 359 ; as northern border- 



range of Dzungaria, 379, 389, 406 ; 



sheep of, 548, 627, 628 

 Ta Shar, 486, 503-4 

 Tash-bulak, 4S6, 511, 514 

 Ta-shih-tu, 378, 464, 466-7, 588, 



591 ; revisited, 534 ; Bogdo-ola 



peaks seen from, 535 ; wild-sheep 



of, 593, 593 



Tash-kil Range, 130 



Tashkil, 103, 159 



Tastandi Range, loi 



Tartar, 199 



Tartary. See Mongolia 



Tchihatcheff, P. de, 18 ; publica- 

 tion, 638 



Tekes Valley, 391 



Telli Nor, 381, 543 



Tengri, good spirit, 254, 256 



Tepee, 124 



Teri Nor, 194 



Tess Valley, 24, 114, 150, 274; 

 Amban of, 205 



Tetrao urogallus, 626 



Tetrco tetrix, 626 



Tetrastis bonasia, 626 



Tetraogallus altaicus 632 ; hima- 

 layensis, 632 



Thomas, Oldfield, 567 



Tian Shan, 18, 21, 25, 378, 439, 440 ; 

 as southern border-range of 

 Dzungaria, 378 ; as insular moun- 

 tain-group, 418, 628 ; at south of 

 Manas, 442 ; of Urumchi, 390 ; 

 influence on Dzungaria, 379 ; 

 Torguts of, 390 ; viewed from 

 Ala-tau, 555 ; viewed from Cen- 

 tral Dzungaria, 543 



Tian Shan- Altai divide, 347, 462-3, 

 497, 628 



Tibet, 16, 17, 21, 106 



Tiger, 542, 582, 609, 610, 631 



Tihua-Tihua-fu, 443, 444 n. See 

 Urumchi 



Togucha, 477; Buddhist remains 

 at, 477, 499 ; visited by Lecoq 

 and Griinwedel, 499; "Kariz" 

 at, 479 n. ; Iti Kul near, 481, 

 486 



Toji, tribe, 125, 146, 149, 154, 156, 

 202, 204, 212 ; Noj'Onof, 148; dis- 

 tinction between, and other Urian- 

 khai, 208 ; migration of, 209-10 ; 

 religious ceremony amongst, 247- 

 50 ; wrestling-match amongst, 

 223 



