1274 
THROUGH ASIA 
444; 448, 449, 453 ; Keriya-daria, 806- 
S24 ; Kliara-ussu, 1115; Khotan-daria, 
596-600, 603, 629, 634-641, 819, 884; 
Kizil-su (Alai), 129 et seq., 186 ; Kizil-su 
(Kashgar-daria), 130, 883 ; Koncheli- 
daria, 854-891 ; Murghab, 186, 187, 
391- 394; Naijin-gol, 1085, 1106, 1113; 
Napchitai-ulaii-muren, 1050, 1067 ; 
Niya-daria, 944; Pasrabat, 262-264, ^70; 
RasUan-daria, 711-716, 883; Syr-daria, 
84-93, 55. 57; Tarim, 17, 847, 850- 
913; Taushkan-daria, 656, 65S, 884; 
Tisnab, 476-477, 728; Tsunkuk-gol, 
1170-1172, 1177; Ughen-daria, 850- 
853; Yarkand-daria, 185, 452, 462, 634- 
635, 645, 711 et seq., 847 ; Yikeh-tsohan- 
gol, 1091-1105; Yurun-kash, 754, 941- 
942. 
Road-posts, 57, 62, 731, 736. 
Roads — in Alai Mts., 115 ; in North-West 
China, 1119, 1139, 1199, 1212, 1213, 
1214 ; in Ordos, 1251. 
Roborovsky, 12, 1133. 
Rockhill, 11. 
Roof of the World, 97, 173 ; festivities on, 
694-700. 
Ruins of former cities, 454, 455 ; Borasan, 
759-775, 779; Eski-shahr, 454; Kara- 
dimg, 815-817; Merdek-shahr, 872; 
Nasar, 736-739 7 Shahr-i-Katak, 473, 
850 ; Takla-inakan, 793-802 ; Wash- 
shahri, 922. 
Russia, characterkstics of, 29. 
Russians, on the Pamirs, 97-98, 188-201 ; 
Boundary Commission, 6S6-700. 
Sacse, 767. 
Sadak-koll, 875, 897. 
Sahr, money, 754. 
Sai, gravelly talus, 942 943 ; river-bed filled 
with stones, 960. 
Saitseff, Captain, 172, 176, 191, 196, 199, 
392- 395- 
Saitseff, pass, 395. 
Sak-sak, saksaul, 844. 
Saksaul {Anabasis Amniodendron), 40, 844. 
Saku.ska, ante-table, 696. 
Sal, ferry-boat, 712. 
Salar, 1203. 
Saleh Peygambar, 728. 
Salt-gatherers, 513-514, 1139. 
Sand, preservative power, 539-540. 
Sand-dunes, sand-hills, 517-590, 520, 521, 
524-525, 533 ; estimating height of, 547 ; 
movements of, 803-S05, 815, 836, 839- 
845- 
Sandstorms, 497, 501, 524-525, 527, 552, 
641-643. Compare further Storms. 
Sang-uya, 740. 
Sarez, 176. 
Sarik-huran, yellow storm, 471, 802. 
Sarik-kar, yellow snow, 133-134. 
Sarlk-kol, range, 207, 208, 279, 701, 705 ; 
pass, 399; valley, 213. 
Sarik-kol, in Kwen-lun Mountains, 948- 
95t- 
Sarik-kolis, 178. 
Sarik-mogal, pass, 117. 
Sarik-tumshuk-masar, 295. 
Sarimek, glacier, 324, 325, 335 ; pass, 324. 
Sari-su, river and marsh, 50, 83. 
Sarts, 46, 61, 90, 443. 
Sattma, reed hut, 808, 821. 
Schlagintweit, 6, 25 1. 
Scorpions, 628, 917-918. 
Serafshan (Yarkand-daria), 711-716. 
Serkeh-nor, 1139. 
Setar, zither, 257, 478. 
Seyd Akhram Bai, 925-930. 
Shadi Beg, 68. 
Shalir-i-Katak, 473, 850. 
Shah-yar, 848-850. 
Shakhand, ferry, 87. 
Shall, paddy, 449. 
Sha-lo, hand-stove, 1223, 1252. 
Shang, llao Tai of Kashgar, 238-241, 
239, 721. 
Sheep, as beasts of burden, 6 ; in Keriya- 
daria forests, 807 et seq.-, Khotan-daria 
forests, 616 et seq . ; Mongolia and Tsai- 
dam, 1145, 1155; on Pamirs, 259, 267, 
270, 271, 277 et seq . ; on Takla-makan 
journey, 495, 530, 571; beside Tarim, 
847 ; on Northern Tibet journey, 954 et 
seq.-, price of, 8tl, 1080, 1143; wild, 
150. 
Shepherds, of Keriya-daria. S08-823, 813, 
820, 821; of Khotan-daria, 615-619; 
of Tarim, 832 853. 
Sheriet, Mohammedan canon law, 930. 
Shibbtiks, spirits, 1 1 23. 
Shi Darin, of Charkhlik, 919-922. 
Shi Darin, of Su-bashi, 280, 281. 
Shi Fa Hian, 777, 783-784. 
Shi-ming-ho, 1214-1218. 
Shindeh-yilga, 680, 701-702. 
Shir, thejighit, 164-166. 
Shirgheh-chappgan, 875, 883, 899. 
Shor, saline depression, 844. 
Shor-kul, on Pamirs, 205-206. 
Shor-kul, in Takla-makan, 453. 
