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INDEX. 



Drivers, trouble with, 34. 

 Dusterkhan, a, 53, 65, 67, 135. 



Eagle, hunting with a trained, 167- 



170. 



Eastern Turkistan, the plain of, 120. 

 Egizarak Kurgaon, 57. 



Farghana plains, 267, 269. 



Gaomukhi. or Cow's Mouth, n, 13. 

 Goatskin raft, a, 58 et seq. 

 Gond, 26. 



Goolja, or male Ovis see Ovis poli. 

 Gorges, fine, 57, 58, 59, 118. 

 Grass-shoe, a, 4 and note. 

 Graveyard in the desert, a, 173. 

 Gromchefski, Russian explorer, 97 

 curious conversation with, 108. 

 Gya, 19. 



Hakim Beg, 58, 59 his excitability, 

 60 the viceregal lodge of, 65. 



Hemmis, festival at the gompa or 

 monastery of, 17. 



Henry .5oo-bore muzzle-loader the 

 best weapon for mountain-shoot- 

 ing* 6, 7 a double barrel a 

 dangerous weapon for a beginner, 



7- 

 Hot springs, fishing in, in. 



Ibex, first day shooting, 3 et seq. 

 a good record, 16 a herd of, 107. 

 "Imperial grouse," 222. 



Jai Dubba, 221. 



Jeran, stalking a, 146 hunting, 



with an eagle, 167, 168 a good 



shot at, 202. 

 Jizak, 273. 



Kalmuk country, the, 188 the 

 people of, 189 their habits and 

 religion, ib. applying for a guide, 

 191, 192 Ovis in the hills, 195 

 intense cold, ib. 



Kalmuki camps, 194, 195. 



Kalmuk i guide, engaging a, 191. 



Kalti Ailak, 222. 



Kangan, 26. 



Karaat Pass, 239. 



Kara Dawan, or black pass, 117. 



Karachunkar Pass, 75. 

 Karakoram, 18, 32, 267. 

 Karakul Pamir, the, 240 et seq. 

 Karim Khan, 233, 240, 241, 243, 



252, 255. 



Kashgar, 223 et seq. 

 Kashmir, 2, 7. 

 Kashmiri servants, accommodating 



character of, 74. 

 Kaufmann Peak, 240. 

 Khan of Kalmuk, the mother of the, 



197- 



Khardung Pass, 29. 

 Khargoshi Pamir, 240, 247. 

 Khojend, 272. 

 Khokand, 272. 

 Khotan Kama, 167. 

 Kilian Pass, the, 33. 

 Kilik valley, 94, 95, 99. 

 Kirghiz yurts or tents, 34 et passim. 

 Kitchikul Pass, 43. 

 Kizil Art Pass, 259, 262. 

 Kizil Dawan, or red pass, 117, 



118. 



Kizilean river, 263. 

 Kobrang valley, 6. 

 Kosh-beli Pass, 234. 

 Kuchar, 180, 181. 

 Kugiar, 46, 48. 

 Kunjerat Pass, the, 103. 

 Kurla, 185. 

 Kutch Mahomed, 75, 102. 



Lammergeirs, 95. 

 Langar, 58. 

 Leh, 6, 17, 19, 27. 

 Littledale, Mr and Mrs, 261. 



Mahomed Amin, 164, 211, 213. 

 Mahomed Unis, 118, 125, 126, 128, 



130, 132 the dwelling of, 135, 



136. 

 Mangal nullah, fatal accident in, 15, 



1 6. 



Maralbashi, 130, 134, 138, 141, 155. 

 Marghilan, 269, 271. 

 Markhor, a splendid herd of, 9 a 



good stalk, ib. trying for, 22. 

 Marsemik Pass, 6. 

 Mintaka } 102, 112. 



Native, a friendly, 42. 

 Nubra valley, 17, 31. 



