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THROUGH ASIA 
Mongolia, 1079 et seq.-, travelling across, 
1249-1252, 1258, 1261. 
Mongolian language, 1080, 10S6. 
Mongols, 10S3, 1095, 1 102- 1 103, 1107, 
1121; beggar, 1116; camps, 1095,1107; 
huge caravan of, T170-1171 ; dress, 1082, 
1092, 1098-1101, II 14; first meeting 
with, 1079-1082 ; tents, 1081-1082, 1102; 
travelling express, 1258 ; of Tsaidam, 
1114. 
Moses, 218, 823. 
Mosques — at Ak-su, 650; Khotan, 750; 
Maral-bashi, 449; Orenburg, 31 ; Turk- 
estan, 61. 
Mdssoto, 1085. 
Mountains — Alai, 115, 117, 125; Ala-shan, 
1240, 1241 ; Arka-tagh, 964, 970 et seq., 
1005, 1013; Burkhan Buddha, 1116; 
Kaufmann Peak, 139; Koko-nor Ranges, 
1122, 1124, 1155,1168; Koko-shili and 
continuations, 1007, 1012, 1040, 1067; 
Kurruk-tagh, 857, 864 ; Ivwen-lun, 4, 
740, 947; Masar-tagh, 451-453. 488, 
489, 514, 517, 628; Mus-tagh Range, 
273. 705; Mus-tagh-ata, 213-228, 299- 
385, 417; Nan-shan, 1170, 1213, 1230; 
King Oscar, 1039, 1041 ; Sarik-kol, 207, 
208, 279, 399, 701, 705; Tengri-khan, 
655 ; Trans- Alai, 125, 146-153 ; Tsun-ula, 
1124, 1156. 
Mufti, doctor of laws, 697. 
Muji, 740, 743. 
Mules, 1210. 
Murghab, aul, 175, 177; eniinstvo, 176; 
river and valley, 186, 187, 391-394. 
Mus-kol valley, 167, 170. 
Mus-Uurau valley, 279, 389. 
Mus-tagh, range, 273, 31 1, 705. 
Mus-tagh-ata, 213-227, 217, 309, 339; 
ascents of, 223 et seq., 338 et seq., 356 
et seq., 371 et seq.-, glaciers, 318-385; 
legends, 218-221 ; scenery of, 299, 311, 
324. 345-346, 375-379, 417. 
Mutevclleh, steward, 466. 
Niihr, camel, 485, 486, 622, 632-633. 
Naijin-gol, 1085, 1106, 1113. 
Nain Singh, 6. 
Naisa-tash, 207. 
Namangan, 82. 
Namaz, Mohammedan service, 61. 
Nan-shan Mts., 1170, 1213, 1230. 
Napchitai-ulan-muren, 1050, 1067. 
Naren, sun, 1080. 
Naryn, river, 86-93. 
Nasar, ancient city, 736-739. 
Nasbet, pear, 863. 
Nephrite, jade, 748, 754. 
Nestorians, 786-787. 
Nevra Khan, 420. 
Nevrus-dung, New Year’s Plill, 725-726. 
Niaz Beg, of Khotan, 862. 
Nia’zBeg, of Merket, 475, 478; administer- 
ing justice, 48 1 -484. 
Niaz-koll, 875, 899. 
Ning-sha, 1241, 1243-124S; gate at, 1243. 
Nishan, “sign-post,” 1075. 
Niya, 7S3-784, 944- 
Niya-daria, 944. 
Ndkkolcn-kottel, pass, 1150, 1153. 
Norvo, Mongol chief, 1239. 
Numet Beg, 878, S81. 
Nur, lake, loSo. 
Oases, varieties of, 943. 
Obo, religious monument, 1075, 1079, 11 10, 
1120; lilakimto, 1123-1125; Koko-nor, 
1164. 
Ok, tent-pole, 333, 403. 
Oksali, masar, 167. 
On-bashi, chief of ten men, 728. 
Opium-smoking, 682, 1 246 ; suicide by, 
1246. 
Ordan Padshah, 470, 803 ; shrine of, 463- 
470. 
Ordos, 1249-1253. 
Ordit, castle, 750. 
Orenburg, 30-36, 38, 39. 
Orgo, Mongol tent, 1102. 
Orleans, Prince Henry of, 11, 876, 956, 
1027-1028. 
Orongo, antelopes, 1025, 1026. 
Orsk, 39-40. 
Ottiini, 1139. 
Oruss, Russian, i.e. European, 310, 1169. 
Oscar, King of Sweden and Norway, 
author’s memorandum to, 4-23; bestows 
medals, 103, 229; Vasa star on Mr. 
Petrovsky, 658 ; telegrams to and from, 
1223, 1257; toasted, 172,697; mountain 
named after him, 1039, 1041. 
Oshur Beg, 2S7, 303. 
Ova-togdruck, 1114, 1117. 
Pagoda, at Liang-chow-fti, 1231. 
Paintings, mural, 794-798, 800, 810, 1195. 
Palevan, hero, 219. 
Pamir, Fort, 98, 172, 188-201, 189, 193> 
197, 200, 391-393. 
Pamir Question, 98, 684-700. 
Pamirs, 97-98, 146-212, 386-402; geo- 
graphy of, 179-187; population, 174" 
