282 
Mani pyramids 133 
Manshien 253 
Meconopsis 186; M. integrifolia 271 ; 
M.pseudointegrifolia 71; M. speciosa 
109, 113, 161, 178; MM. rudis 172; 
M. Wardii 138, 139 
Medical aid 137, 138, 166 
Mekong 14, 19, 20, 28, 39, 34, 35; 38, 
41, 44-47, 50, 54, 55; 58, 60, 66, 69, 
72, 75, 76, 78, 83, 87, 92, 94, 95, 103, 
105, 106, 113, 116, 143, 147-149, 184, 
187, 189, 193, 201, 203, 206, 224-226, 
233, 235; rainy belt 37, 39, 68 
Mekong and Salween, botanical com- 
parison of, 194 
Mekong-Salween Divide 37, 45, 47, 
55, 65, 71, 75) 94, 95, 119, 140, 141, 
167, 189, 209, 224; vegetation of, 
104 
Mekong-Yang-tze Divide 47, 55, 59,73; 
95, 102, 116, 119, 160, 167, 169, 186, 
187, 192; vegetation of, 104, 109, 
DIO, .EL2 TAL 
Menkong 75, 87, 88, 96-100, 126, 127 
Miao muleteers 237, 238 
Minchia tribe 18, 199, 201, 209, 221, 
227; cook 9 
Missionaries 180, 181 
Mistletoe II, 37 
Mohammedan rebellion 8, 15 
Monkey, Phayre’s leaf-eating, 5, 6 
Momawk 253 
Monkshood 123 
Monsoon 2, 20, 74, 261 
Moso tribe 20, 35, 36, 44, 55, 78, 81, 
92, 196, 198, 199 
Mo-ting 169, 172, 174 
Nantien 247 
Nat propitiation 62, 64, 67, 78 
Ndu-er 142 
Ngoug-chi 172 
Ngu-shi 134 
Officials, politeness of, 158, 159 
Opium, as a prophylactic, 23 
Opium-poppy 22, 23, 44 
Orchids 222 
Paeonia Delavayi 61, 91 
Pai-lou 231 
Pa-mu-t’ang 132 
Pang-tsi-la 21, 36, 54, 112, 159, 163, 
164; monastery of, 162, 163 
Panthays 202 
Papilio machaon 68 
Parrots I1, 165, 222 
Pedicularis 138 
Pei-ma-shan 108, 112, 114, 115, 119, 
Index 
154, 159-161, 164, 165, 173 ; ascent 
of, 113 
Perronne, Mons., 168, 181, 182 
Pé-tzu 198, 199, 201 
Pheasants 24, 34; Lady Amherst’s, 11; 
Snow, 29; traps for, 22 
Phula 134, 137 
Piao-tsun 221 
Pi-in-ho 201 
Pika-hares 123, 135 
Pile dwellings 142 
Pilgrims 158 
Podophyllum Emodi 61 
Poisoned arrows 199 
Polyandry 57 
Polygamy 57,58 = 
Pomed country, fighting in, 136 
Ponies, Yunnan, 8 
Post-houses 134, 135 
Potentilla fruticosa 114, 133, 172 
Prayers for rain 67 
Precipice sheep 157, 158 
Primula bella 72, 172, 272; P. lichian- 
gensis 61; P. nivalis 75; P. septem- 
loba 61; P. sikkimensis 71, 109; 
P. sinensis 38, 90; P. sonchifolia 
26, 61, 90; P. soulied 72, 110; P. 
vittata 35; P. Watsoni 72 
Pyrola atropurpurea 109 
Rainfall 256, 261, 265 et seq. 
Rainy season 157, 167 
Rangoon 2, 253 
Revolution, Chinese, 168, 196, 197, 
212, 214-218, 243-245; results of, 
181, 253 
Rice-fields 198, 201, 221, 231, 239- 
241, 243 , 
Rock carvings 100, I4I, 147 
Rope bridge 38, 40, 41, 51, 68, 97, 105, 
125, 144, 204, 218, 220; crossing, 
42, 50, 51; for measuring time, 51 ; 
origin of, 86, 87 
Rosa sericea 109 
Riin-tsi-la 156, 171, 172, 187 
Sabia yunnanensis 44 
Salt caravan 200 
Salt-mine, description of, 212-214 
Salvia 123 
Salween 10, 14, 19, 28, 45, 46, 49, 53, 
66, 72, 74-76, 80, 81, 85-88, 91, 92, 
94-97, 103, 105, 106, 185, 186, 188, 
189, 225, 226, 231, 233, 238; valley 
of, 157, 191, 231, 233, 236 
Salween-Irrawaddy Divide 74, 75, 85, 
94, 187, 188, I91 
Salween-Mekong Divide 234, 238 
Salween-Shweli Divide 234 
