INDEX 



Aden, aspect, 13. 



Agra, journey to, 56 ; Mogul rulers 



and architecture, 57-65. 

 Agriculture in Baltistan, 135. 

 Ahmed, author's cook, 30. 

 Aitken, Lieut. R. H. M., at relief of 



Lucknow, 82. 

 Akbar the Great, 57 ; character, 58 ; 



fort and palace, 58-62 ; tomb, 61. 

 Amber, Rajputana, excursion to, 



54-56. 

 Amoy, tiger-hunting near, 20, 226- 



245 ; typhoon, 245. 

 Amusements, Maori, 106-108 ; 



Balti, 137, 140. 



Antelope, Tibetan, in Kashmir, 120. 

 Apricots of Kashmir, 136, 138. 

 Arabian Sea, passage, 13. 

 Arabs, as coal-loaders, 9 ; chant, 10. 

 Architecture, Mogul mosques and 



tombs, 57-65. 

 Arnold, Lieut. N. H., at relief of 



Lucknow, 80. 

 Art, Canton industries, 222. See 



also Architecture. 

 Astore, Kashmir, trail from Indus, 



177, 179-181 ; town and fort, 181; 



road to Srinagar, 183. 

 Australia, steamship, 109. 



Bahar Shah, Srinagar merchant, 



1 1 8, 205, 206. 



Balochi, Kashmir village, 168, 177. 

 Baltal, Kashmir village, 129. 



Baltistan, travel to, from Srinagar, 

 119, 121-145; as game region, 

 120; topography and scenery, 

 134, 168, 172, 178, 179, 184-187; 

 villages and agriculture, 135, 142; 

 inhabitants, 136 ; polo, 137 ; 

 treatment of travellers, 138, 140- 

 142, 182; food, 138, 141,143,178; 

 rope-bridges, 139; celebrating a 

 polo victory, 140; rajahs, 140- 

 142, 160-164; ibex-stalking, 147- 

 156 ; reception of supposed great 

 man, 158-165; trails, 166, 176; 

 markhor-stalking, 169-172; shar- 

 pu-stalking, 180, 185, 187-189; 

 cattle-shed, 180 ; road from As- 

 tore to Srinagar, 183, 189-191. 



Bandipur, Kashmir town, 191. 



Banknotes, transportation in Kash- 

 mir, 182. 



Baramulla, Kashmir village, 114. 



Barang, 42. 



Basha River and valley, 145-147. 



Bathing, on board P. and O. steam- 

 ship, 12; ghats at Bengal, 84; 

 in Japan, 250. 



Bear, red, in Kashmir, 120; stalk- 

 ing of black, 193-195 ; honking 

 of black, 196-203. 



Beggars at Benares, 89. 



Benares, as holy city, 83 ; bathing 

 ghats, 84; burning ghats, 85; 

 palaces, 86; streets and filth, 

 86-90 j beggars, 89 ; hotels, 89. 



