INDEX. 



277 



Ovis A/union, 6, 19 an easy stalk, 

 20. 



Ovis poll, or Marco Polo's sheep, 2, 

 48 first signs of, 71 a herd of, 

 77, 79 a fine shot at, spoiled by 

 a wolf, So meat of, 86 a herd 

 spotted, 87 successful stalking 

 of, 88, 91 hard work hunting, 

 94 disappointing shots, 96, 99, 

 100 another herd sighted, 103 

 a good day's work at, 104, 105 

 a herd of akars, 218 a broadside 

 at, ib. sighting a herd, 235 a 

 long watch for, ib. a bad shot, 

 238 gooljas in sight, 242 et seq. 

 tracking and stalking, 246-261. 



Pamirs, the, journey to, 37-85 a 

 snowstorm in, 86 et seq. 



Panamikh, 31. 



Pangi, expedition to, 5 success at, 

 6. 



Pargarma Peak, 70. 



Parting, a sad, 266. 



Partridges (Perdrix barbatns'), 214. 



Pheasants, a beat for, 148. 



Pilgrim, a timorous, 12. 



Pir Panjal, the, 14. 



Ponies, arranging for, 24 a mishap 

 to, 26 objecting to be saddled, 

 29 trying work for, 39 buying, 

 56 novel work for, 61 a fearful 

 cropper to one of the, 69 great 

 difficulty with, 114 bleeding the 

 nostrils of, considered an infallible 

 restorative, 115 a herd of, 116 

 hiring a team, 138 fording a 

 river, 231 death of one of the, 

 234 taking French leave, 262. 



Potash gorge, 19. 



Ramsay, Captain, 27. 



Red bears, 3. 



Rupel glacier, the, 8. 



Russian expedition, a, 44, 153. 



Russian merchants, 165. 



Salti, 30. 

 Sambur, 13. 

 Sanju Kurgaon, 33. 

 Saragat Pass, the, 38. 

 Sasar Pass, difficult roads over the, 

 17, 32. 



Scent, effect and spread of, 85. 



Shah Yar, 178, 180, 181, 199. 



Shamal, 149, 151. 



Shapoo, 20. 



Sheep, the droppings of, used for 



fuel, 93. 



| Shyok river, 17, 18 valley, 30. 

 | Sirikul Pamir, 73. 



Snow-cocks, 214, 215. 



Soutan, 215. 



Srinagar, 5, 22. 



Stag-shooting, 151 et seq. a tempt- 

 ing shot, 178, 179. 



Sultan Beg, 55, 56, 57. 



Taghar, 31. 



Taghdumbash, 70, 71, 73. 



Taghdumbash Pamir, 63, 73, 103. 



Tagherma Peak, 113, 114. 



Tahr (f/cii(ragus jemlaicus], 22. 



Tahta Dawan, 56. 



Takla Makhan, the legend of, 175, 



176. 

 Tashkurgan, the Beg of, 72 the 



fort of, 73. 



Tashkurgan river, 75, 107, 113. 

 Tengiz-bai Pass, 267. 

 Terrek Langar, 142. 

 Thornton, Colonel, 20. 

 Tian Shan mountains, 157, 162, 



166, 186, 188, 212. 

 Tigers, a pair of marauding, 183, 



184. 



Tiznaf river, fishing in the, 52. 

 Tiznaf valley, 49, 50. 

 Torak Pass, 115. 

 Tumchuk, 158. 

 Tung, 59, 63, 64. 

 I Turkistan, the universal custom in, 



124. 

 Tusla Dawan, the, 39. 



Uch Kurghan, 269. 

 Ura-Tapa, 272. 

 Ushlaich, the village of, 52. 

 Ushturfan, 211, 212. 

 Uyoung, 53. 



Wahabjilga, 18. 



Wakhis, a camp of, 37 their hospi- 

 tality, ib., 38. 

 Water-fowl, 200, 203. 

 Wolves destructive to poli, 82, 94. 



