THROUGH ASIA 
1 264 
Arabakesh, cart driver, 442, 461. 
Aral, Lake, 49 ei seq. 
Arba, orarabacart, 54, 251, 441, 445, 1213. 
Archa, juniper, iii. 
Arghan, 868, 88 1 . 
Aris, river, 63. 
Arka-daria, 850, 845, 847. 
Arka-kdll, S71, 872. 
Arka-lagh, 964, 970 et seq., 971, 1005, 
1013. 
Arkhan, camel’s-hair rope, 372. 
Arpa-lallak, pass, 710, 717. 
Artistic relics, Borasan, 760-775. 
Ash, pillau, 654. 
Ashbaz-khaneli, kitchen, 452. 
Ash-klianeh, larder, 423. 
Asia, Central, exploration in, 5 et seq. 
Covipare also Konvalot, Carey, KozlofF, 
Littledale, Prince Henry of Orleans, etc. 
Geography of, 4, 14, 179-187, and 
passim. 
As.s, wild. See Khulan. 
Astun-tagh, 964. 
Aid, tent-village, 34, 135, 271, 679, 681. 
Aulia, saint, 153. 
Airstan, 104-107, 113. 
Avullu-kiill, 871, 885. 
Avvat, 645-646. 
wooden platter, 618. 
Ayag-art, pass, 670. 
Ayran, beverage, 423. 
Ayvan, verandah, 725. 
Babai, camel, 485, 486, 535. 
Bagrash-koll, 855-859. 
Bai, rich man, 270. 
Baiga, mounted sports, 285-290, 175, 287, 
294. 
Bai-khan-kbll, 464. 
Bala-khaneh, upper house, 706, 797. 
Balik-masar, 396. 
Balta, axe, 618, 809. 
Bao-to, 1250, 1252. 
Barkhans, sand-hills, 48. 
Base-line, for rate of travel, 490, Preface. 
feashlik, hood, 552. 
Bassyk-kul, lakes, 214-215, 307, 309-317, 
313. 315- 
Bazaars, 79, 477, 651, 653, 657, 669, 727, 
933 ; bazaar-day, 917. 
Bears, 1052, 1086, 1129, 1130. 
Beg Bulat, 427-428. 
Beg Kuli Beg, 76-77. 
Beglik, beklik, administrative division, 476. 
Belbagh, girdle, 618. 
Belcher, Rev. Mr. and Mrs., 1218. 
Beldir, villages, 706. 
Beles, pass, 519. 
Belgian Catholic Brothers, 1224, 1227. 
Bendersky, 6S7. 
Bikar-yilga, cul-de-sac, 960. 
Birasana. See Borasan. 
Birth customs, amongst Kirghiz, 419. 
Eiskent, 76. 
Boat, makeshift, 403 et seq., 407, 41 1 ; Lop- 
men’s, 879. 891, 901, 911. 
Bodhisatvas, 773-774. 
Bogdai, wheat, 449. 
Bogdanovitch, 13. 
Boghak, throat tumour, 726. 
Boghe, deer, 626, 974. 
Boghra, camel, 485, 486, 622. 
Boka, yak, 1080. 
Bokali-kopa, marshes, 57, 86. 
Bonvalot, ii, 956, 1027-J028. 
Bonasan, 759-775, 779. 
Bor-doba, 148, 149. 
Boundary Commission, Anglo - Russian, 
684-700. 
Bower, Captain, 13. 
British, on the Pamirs, 98, 686-700. 
Buddha, images of, 773-775, 797-799, 
1097-1099, 1186; incarnations of, 1167, 
1182. 
Buddha, Living, 1182. 
Buddhist architecture, 1 195 ; festivals, 777- 
778, 1190; temples, 1 181-1196, 1222, 
1225. See also Lamas, Obos, etc. 
Budkhaneh, shrine to Buddha, 1081, 1 102. 
Bukhain-gol, 1153-1156. 
Buksem, 617-636. 
Bulak-bashi, Eastern Pamirs, 269-271. 
Bulak-bashi, Northern Tibet, 963. 
Bulun-kul, 208. 
Burans, snow-hurricanes, 99, 471, 732- 
735- ctieo Storms. 
Buried towns, 450, 452, 455 ; Ho-lao-lo-kia, 
782; Kara-dung, 815-S17; Nasar, 736- 
739; Shahr-i-Katak, 473, 850; Takla- 
makan, 793-803. 
Burkha, Caucasian cloak, 103. 
Burkhan Buddha Slountain, 1116. 
Burkhans, images of Buddha, 1097-1099. 
Buru, dog, 955. 
Buru-kdss, pass, 670. 
Calotte, felt cap, 285, 1082. 
Camels — lame, head of, 829; through Ala- 
shan, 1218, 1229; driving, 48-50; cross- 
