INDEX. 



591 



Quagga, flight of the. 256; 569. I 



Ram wood of the Asiatic steppes, 112. 

 Rat, invasion of the, 235; 578. 

 Razor-bill or auk, 57, 61. 

 Reindeer, 76, 150, 240, 578; ravages of 



disease among, 412, 426, 584. 

 Roe-deer, hunting of the, 146. 

 Rouble and kopek, 573. 



Sable, rarity of the, 157; hunting the, 

 161. 



Sahara, the, 326. 



Salt-steppes, 90, 98. 



Salt's antelope, 223. 



Samoyedes, 417, 440. 



Sand-grouse of the desert, 334, 570. 



Scandinavia, ancient legend concerning, 

 33 ; general aspect of the land, 34 ; 

 its fjords, 35; islands and skerries, 

 37; fisheries, 38; bird-bergs, 40, 51. 



Schlangenberg or Snakemount, 107, 

 129, 157, 408. 



Schohazen or Catholic Servians, 555. 



Sea-birds, habits of, 39 ; value of their 

 eggs and flesh as food, 48. 



Sea-eagle hunting in Hungary, 548. 



Seal, migrations of the, 250, 580. 



Secretary-bird, 184, 187. 



Serfdom, abolition of, 512. 



Shaman or Ostiak priest, 445, 585. 



Sheep of the Kirghiz, 464. 



Shendy, massacre at, 371; Nubians de- 

 feated at, 373. 



Shrikes, different notes of male and 

 female, 216. 



Siberia, false ideas concerning, 120; its 

 vast forests, 121; forest-fires, 123; 

 limited variety of trees, 127 ; diffi- 

 culty of traversing the primeval 

 forests, 130; their desolateness, 131; 

 uncertainty of finding game, 132; 

 Siberian methods of hunting, 135 ; 

 the trade in furs and birds' skins, 135, 

 573; game animals of the forests, 136; 

 hunting of game birds, 140, and of 

 big and smaller game, 144. 



Siberia, Journey in, 390 ; travelling in 

 winter, 391 ; from Europe into Asia, 

 394 ; Western Siberia reached, 395 ; 

 Russian hospitality, 395 ; a great I 



hunting expedition, 397; entertained 

 by a Chinese mandarin, 399 ; a hor- 

 rible massacre, 401 ; at the Irtish 

 river, 404; in the Altai Mountains, 

 404; camp-life with a Russian gen- 

 eral, 405 ; summer scene in the Altai, 

 406; a voyage on the great river Obi, 

 408; an unfortunate exploring expe- 

 dition, 411 ; ravages of disease, 412, 

 414; the return home, 415. 



Simoom, the, 171, 348. 



Skua in the tundra, 79. 



Sky-goat, 103, 570. 



Souslik, the, 108, 237, 407. 



Spiders and scorpions in a night-camp, 

 178. 



Splenic fever, ravages of, 412, 584. 



Springbok, flight of the, 257; 580. 



Spring-gun of the Ostiaks and Samo- 

 yedes, 139. 



Squirrels, migrations of, 253. 



Steppe, origin and usage of the term, 

 87, 174. 



Steppe-fires, 397. 



Steppes, characteristics of the Asiatic, 

 87; their scenery, 89; vegetation, 91, 

 568 ; beauty of the flowers in spring, 

 95; animal life in the steppes, 97, 109, 

 115; insects and reptiles, 107; the 

 giant wild sheep, 110; the kulan or 

 wild horse, 115 ; a kulan hunt and 

 capture of a foal, 119. 



Steppes of Inner Africa, 168; sketch of 

 their seasons, 169; miseries of the 

 winter, 170; spring heralded by ter- 

 rible storm and rain, 171 ; definition 

 of the African steppe, 174; inhospit- 

 able character of the region, 175; its 

 vegetation, 176; difficulties of travel- 

 ling, 177; a night's experience in 

 camp, 177; fauna of the country, 182; 

 the bird-fauna, 187; mammals, 193; 

 stampede and destruction of animal 

 life caused by the steppe-fire, 198. 



Stone-seas in the Nile, 367. 



Storks, stories regarding, 276, 277, 278, 

 281. 



Swallow, courting of the, 266. 



Swartholm brooding-place, 60, 62. 



Syene, or Sun, on the Nile, 359, 584. 



