CONTENTS. XI 



NOMAD HERDSMEN AND HERDS OF THE STEPPES. 



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 The name Kirghiz — Conditions of life on the steppe — Winter dwellings — 



Breaking up the camp — In praise of the yurt — The herds of the 

 Kirghiz — The Kirghiz horse — Summer wanderings — "A sheep's 

 journey" — Returning flocks — Evening in the aul — (Note, p. 585), 451 



FAMILY AND SOCIAL LIFE AMONG THE KIRGHIZ. 



The Kirghiz as horsemen — Racing and wrestling — Hunting with eagles 

 and greyhounds — A sheep-drive — The ''red tongue " — Kirghiz bards — 

 Education and character — Kirghiz etiquette — The price of a bride — 

 The children — Funeral ceremonies, - - 482 



COLONISTS AND EXILES IN SIBERIA. 



Mistaken impressions — Impartial observation — The emancipation of the 

 serfs — The Altai — Compulsory service — Condition of the peasants — 

 The superabundant harvest — Romance in Siberia — Domestic life open 

 to the convicts — The way of sighs — General picture of Siberian life — 

 Runaways — (Notes, pp. 585-586), ... 510 



AN ORNITHOLOGIST ON THE DANUBE. 



Twenty eyries — The voyage down the river — The woods on the banks — A 

 heronry — Sea-eagles — A paradise of birds — The marsh of Hullo — 

 The black vultures of FruSkagora — Homeward once more — (Note, 

 p. 586), - - - ... 540 



Index, ..... 587 



