INDEX. 



331 



Snipe, at Poonah after rains, 14 ; in 

 rice-fields at Maim, 20 ; (great), 73 ; 

 (common), 74 ; (solitary), 112 ; mig- 

 rations of, 122 ; at Peshawur, 318 



Snow-finch (brown), 236 



Snow-partridge, 298 



Snow-pheasant, 181, 298 



Snow-storm, 223, 224 



Snowy region of Himalaya, its charac- 

 teristics, 62 



Sochness, height above sea, 237 ; log- 

 house, 296 



Soldier drowned from the forecastle of 

 troop-ship, 6 ; drowned at Kandala, 31 



Soldiers of Goulab Singh, 247 



Solomon draining a vaUey, ancient tradi- 

 tion, 171 



Solomon, temple of, 245 



Sonalu, male of black-headed pheasant, 

 216 



Sonamurg, or VaUey of Golden Flowers, 

 257 



Sondi Breri, a sacred spring, 243 



Song-lark at Dras, 261 



Song-thrush (Cashmere), 199 ; at Atsi- 

 bul, 202 



Sopui-, 250 



Sparrow (Indian), similar to British, 12 ; 

 nest in skull of bullock, 61 ; (cina- 

 mon-coloured, 100, 129 ; at Mattari, 

 199 ; great abundance of, in Cash- 

 mere, 218 



"Sparrow on house-top" of Scripture, 

 the blue rook-thrash, 100 



Sparrow-hawk trained for quail-hunt- 

 ing, 21 



Species-making, 263 



Spoonbills appear on Indus, 46, 58 



Spring on the mountains, 198 



Spring (sulphureous) at Arrat Nag, 200 ; 

 at Kokur Nag, 202 ; which ebbs and 

 flows, 243 



Spurge (oleander-leaved), 45 



Squall on Indus, 55 



Squirrel (European), near Pilgam, 195 



Stachyris chrysea, a wren-like warbler, 

 100 



Stags (Cashmere), pursuit of, 178 



Starling (common), 39 ; (Sardinian), 57, 

 199 ; spotted-winged, 99 



Steamers wear away mud-banks of In- 

 dus, 47 



Sterna javamca on Indus, 48 ; anglica, 

 156 ; hmmdo, 269 



Stew-pot, every Himalayan traveller 

 should have one, 281 



Stone-chat (field), the "robin" of Scinde, 

 33 ; (pied), 137 



Storks appear on Indus, 46 ; flocks of, 

 53 



Storms on the Himalaya, 72 ; on fron- 

 tier of Punjaub, 311 



Streams about Poonah subject to sud- 

 den inundations, 16 



Stwmus mdgaris, 39 ; unicolor, 57 



Suckur, minarets of, 54 ; great heat and 

 unhealthiness of, 55 



Sulphur and borax mines, 281 



Sun-birds, 17, 104 



Sunsets near the Line, 7 



Sus scrofa, 51 



Surgery, native, 161 



Suru VaUey, 292 ; the glacier, 294, 295 



SwaUow (wire-tailed), its habits, 11 ; 

 (Daurian), its migrations and habits, 

 108 ; (chimney) 108 ; migration of, 

 128 ; at Peshawur, 317 



Swan river, 125, 132 



Sweet-lime, 27 



Swift (allied), its nest and habits, 11 ; 

 one at Kurrachee numbed with cold, 

 39 ; (Alpine), strength of wing, 

 68 



Swine of India as scavengers, 308, 309 



Syrrhaptes tibetamus, 280 



Tablet to commemorate meeting of 

 the travellers, Vigne, Henderson, and 

 Hugel, in Cashmere, 247 



Tadpoles at Poonah, 16 



TaUor-bird and nest, 22, 23 



Tamarind, 27 



Tamarind-fish, how caught, 55 



Tang Lang Pass, 272 



Tapeworm in pork, 309 



Tare, a species of wild goat, 214 



Tartars, tents and herds of, 273 



Teal at Peshawar, 317 



Tchitrea paradM, 26, 27 



Tea (brick), 269 



Teesa, a handsome falcon, 18 



Teeth of orocodUes, 44 



Temperature at Poonah, 28 ; frequent 

 and sudden alterations of, 310 



Temple, ancient Cashmere, 168 



Temple at Parbuttah, 13 



Tephrodornis pondiceriana, 165 



TemdtmcB, 27 



