CONTENTS. xi 



NOMAD HEEDSMEN AND HEEDS OF THE STEPPES. 



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The name Kirghiz Conditions of life on the steppe "Winter dwellings 

 Breaking up the camp In praise of the yurt The herds of the 

 Kirghiz The Kirghiz horse Summer wanderings "A sheep's 

 journey" Eeturning flocks Evening in the aul (Note, p. 585), - 451 



FAMILY AND SOCIAL LIFE AMONG THE KIEGHIZ. 



The Kirghiz as horsemen Eacing and wrestling Hunting with eagles 

 and greyhounds A sheep-drive The "red tongue " Kirghiz bards 

 Education and character Kirghiz etiquette The price of a bride 

 The children Funeral ceremonies, 482 



COLONISTS AND EXILES IN SIBEEIA. 



Mistaken impressions Impartial observation The emancipation of the 

 serfs The Altai Compulsory service Condition of the peasants 

 The superabundant harvest Eomance in Siberia Domestic life open 

 to the convicts The way of sighs General picture of Siberian life 

 Eunaways (Notes, pp. 585-586), 510 



AN OENITHOLOGIST ON THE DANUBE. 



Twenty eyries The voyage down the river The woods on the banks A 

 heronry Sea-eagles A paradise of birds The marsh of Hullo 

 The black vultures of Fruskagora Homeward once more (Note, 

 p. 586), - ... 540 



INDEX, 587 



