INDEX 
1273 
178; eastern ranges, 258-274, 667-685, 
701-711. 
Panafidin, Mr., 687-688. 
Pan Darin, 724. 
Panj, river, 184. 
Panther, 840. 
Parallels, geographical, 184-185. 
Parman, Hindu trader, 645-646. 
Parpi Bai, 955, 956, 981 ; buys camels, 
945; pursues Taghliks, 992-994; on 
Tibetan lake, ton ; pursues a khulan, 
1020; makes saddles, 1097; in conflicts 
with Tanguts, 1130-1133; in charge of 
sentries, 1135; sent on with caravan, 
1178; returns home, 1201-1202. 
Past Akhun, 616, 623, 624, 627. 
Pasrabat, stream, 262-264, 270. 
Passes, in Alai Mts. , 117 £/ seq.-, Arka- 
tagh, 977 ct seq . ; Kwen-lun, 947; Mus- 
tagh Range, 670 et seq.-, Pamirs, 180, 
207 ; Trans- Alai, 152. 
Patyorka, team of five horses, 52, 53 - 
Pavalo - Shveikovsky, General, 83, too, 
686, 693, 698. 
Pavan, hunter, 1036. 
Pavloff, Mr., 1257, 1258, 1261. 
Peking, 1254-1258. 
Peresh, spirit, 831. 
Peri-bakshi, exercisers, 480. 
Peripheral regions, 179-187, 208. 
Petrovsky, Consul-General, 234, 246-248, 
658-660, 760, 941. 
Pheasants, in Kirghiz Steppes, 58. 
Pialeh, china basin, 423. 
Pialma, 743, 781. 
Pickets, Miss, 1218. 
Pievtsoff, Gener.al, 12, 20, 476-477. 
Pigeons, 745-746- 
Pilgrimage, Buddhist, 1163, 1185, 1190; 
Mohammedan, 465, 785, 944 
Pilqvist, Mr. and Mrs., 1241-1242. 
Pi-iua, 781. 
Ping-fan, 1213, 1215. 
Piser, posting-clerk, 34. 
Pishtali, vaulted fa9ade, 61, 725. 
Polo, Marco, account of Great Desert, 555, 
784; of Khotan, 786; of Lop-nor region, 
474, 878; account of Niya, 783-784- 
Poplars, in the desert, 503 it seq.; of 
Khotan-daria, 594; the three poplars, 
590 ; near buried city Takla-makan, 79^ 1 
near Tarim, 841 ei seq.; at Yanghi-hissar, 
255- ^ , 
Populations — of Ak-su, 649 ; Kazalinsk, 
52 ; Khotan, 748 ; Kokand, 81 ; Liang- 
chow-fu, 1223; Ning-sha, 1247; Orsk, 
II--39 
39; Russian Pamirs, 174-178; Wang- 
yeh-fu, 1240 ; Yarkand, 724. 
Post — Chinese, 447-448 ; Russian, 37. 
Posting stations — through Central Asia, 
447-448 ; in Kirghiz steppe, 34, 43, 59. 
Potai, “mile-stones,” 735-736- 
Pottery, fragments of ancient, 739-740, 777. 
Prayer-drum, 1174, 1196. 
Pnayer-wheels, 1174, 1189-1190. 
Products (cereals, fruit, etc.) — Aksak- 
maral, 458 ; .-Vk-su, 649, 661 ; Avvat, 
646 ; Faizabad, 442 ; Khamal, 45S ; 
Khotan, 748 ; Korla, 863 ; Lengher, 
(near Kashgar), 710; Maral-bashi, 449; 
Merket, 476; Mongolia, 1103, 1113; 
Ning-sha, 1248; Sang-uya, 740 ; Shah- 
yar, 850 ; Tagharma, 277 ; Taushkan- 
daria valley, 657 ; Upa', 670. 
Przhevalsky, and wild camel, 826-S27 ; 
I.op-nor problem, 15-18, 867, 875 et 
seq.; Masar-tagh, 488-489; travels of, 
7-10 ; at Wang-yeh-fu, 124,0. 
Rabat, rest-house, 122. 
Radiation, 301, 358, 474-47S. 512. 
Rafikoff, Mohammed, 753, 941. 
Rahan, learned man, 781. 
Railway journey across Russia, 29-36. 
Ran, goddess, 160. 
Rang, goat, 206. 
Ranga, sedge, 206. 
Rang-kul, eminstvo, 176. 
Rang-kul, lake, 205-207, 179. 
Ra.skan-daria, 711-716, 713, 883. See 
Y'arkand-daria. 
Reeds — as building material, 794, 821 ; be- 
side Keriya-daria, 807-808 ; Khotan- 
daria, 605 et seq. ; in Lop-nor, 885- 
890, 887, 908-913; in Mongolia, 1122, 
1124; used to check .sand-dunes, 470; 
in Takla-makan Desert, 510. 
Rehira Bai, 102, 135-136, 205, 210-211. 
Reinhard, Mrs., 1173-1176. 
Rhins, Dutreuil de, 437, 1133, 1209. 
Richthofen, Baron von, and Lop-nor con- 
troversy, 15-17, 867 et seq., S82 ; his 
geographical zones, 179-187. 
Ridley, Rev. Mr. and Mrs., 1200, 1203, 
1208. 
Righistan, market-place, 243, 650, 751. 
Rivers — Ak-su-daria, 646, 649, 655-656, 
884; Alikhani-gol, 1122, 1124; Bukhain- 
gol, 1153-1156; Ghunt, 184, 187, 397- 
398; Hwang-ho, 240, 1170, 1248, 1252; 
Ike-bcl-su, 298-315,432; Isfahan, 97- 
123; Kara-daria, 86-89; Kashgar-daria, 
