588 



FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. 



Colonists and Exiles in Siberia, 510, 586; 

 their conditions of life, 511; aboli- 

 tion of serfdom, 512; the crown- 

 estate of Altai, 513 ; condition of its 

 inhabitants, 515; their character, 

 518; a peasant's views, 519; over- 

 abundant harvests, 521 ; early mar- 

 riages, 522 ; marriage customs, 523 ; 

 the criminal classes, 524 ; their trans- 

 port and government allowances, 

 524; their considerate treatment, 

 530; a prison school, 532; orphan 

 asylum, 533; among the criminals, 

 533; their reformation sought, 534; 

 convict work in the mines, 534; at- 

 tempted escapes, 536. 



Convicts in Siberia, 524. 



Crested crane, notes of the, 216. 



Crocodile, the, 225, 227, 577. 



Crocodile-bird, the, 227, 577. 



Cuckoo, courting of the, 264 ; its poly- 

 gamy, 279. 



Danube, an Ornithologist on the, 540. 



Darwin, Charles, xxiv; his Doctrine 

 of Descent, 317, 438. 



Dauw, flight of the, 256. 



Desert Journeys, 318 ; bargaining with 

 a sheikh, 318: preparations for a 

 start, 321; camel-riding, 325; the 

 Sahara or Great Desert described, 

 326 ; its animal life, 331 ; discomforts 

 of the desert journey, 336; the 

 camel-driver sketched, 338 ; a night 

 in the desert, 340; the oasis, 341; 

 life at a well in the desert, 345 ; a 

 festival of nomads and travellers, 

 347; coming of the Simoom, 348; 

 the mirage, 351 ; an interview with 

 Bedouins, 352; the Nile reached, 

 355. 



Diving-birds in the tundra, 78. 



Dog-like monkeys, 296. 



Dogs, of the Ostiaks, 429 ; of the Kir- 

 ghiz, 467. 



Domesticated animals, ancestors of our, 

 115, 571. 



Dove, courting of the, 266. 



Dromedary, the, 466. 



Duleb-palm, the, 210. 



Dwarf -birch of the tundra, 68. 



Eagle, hunting with the, 486. 



Eider-duck, the, 40; its appearance 

 and habits, 41 ; her search for a 

 brooding-place, 42 ; the nest robbed 

 by the Norseman, 43; she builds a 

 second nest, 43; value of the down 

 on her breast, 43, 48, 565; her remark- 

 able tameness, 45; the birds steal 

 each other's eggs, 45 ; the ducklings 

 protected and placed in the sea by 

 the natives, 46. 



Eider-holms, 40. 



Elephant, the, 233. 



Elephantine, on the Nile, 359. 



Elk, hunting of the, 147; 573. 



Exiles. See Colonists. 



Faber's description of a brooding-place, 

 60. 



Fall-trap, used in Siberia, 136. 



Family and Social Life among the 

 Kirghiz, 482; alleged origin of the 

 people, 482; their true character, 

 483 ; their expert horsemanship, 484 ; 

 wrestling, 485 ; hunting, 486 ; their 

 love of talking, 492; language, 493; 

 bards, 493 ; education and religious 

 feeling, 494; good qualities of the 

 people, 494 ; family pride and vanity, 

 495; social customs and hospitality, 

 496 ; wedding ceremonies, 497 ; a 

 lover's song, 502 ; treatment of chil- 

 dren, 506 ; funeral ceremonies, 507. 



Fata Morgana ox ' devil's sea", 351. 



Fighting-ruffs, combats of, 102; 570. 



Forests of Siberia, 121; of Africa and 

 America, 571, 572; forest-fires, 123. 



Fox, hunted for its valuable fur, 155; 

 487. 



Fruskagora, hunting and exploring in, 

 557. 



Funeral ceremonies among the Kir- 

 ghiz, 507. 



Gazelle of the desert, 332. 

 Gecko lizard, the, 186, 575. 

 Goat of the Kirghiz, 464, 571. 

 Goat-sucker or night-jar, 193, 266. 

 Gobi steppe, migrations from the, 242. 

 Golden plover of the tundra, 78. 

 Gulls, breeding-places of, 53, 60. 



