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ACROSS THIBET,
20 ; forest of, 59 : 62. 63 ; at Talkitchin, 71; 108; II. ir>3, 166.
Poptchou Uivor, II. 100.
Porph>T}% I. 168.
Portrait drawn by a lama, II. 130.
Poula, II. 186.
Pratt, Mr., Enf^Ush collector at Tat^iien-Lou, 11.204, 210, 211.
Prayer-miUs, II. 27, 99, 128 ; at Dotou, 170 ; 183.
Prayers of Buddhists, I. 18, 37 ; writtc'n on canvas and on slabs, and left at obos, 31 ; at burials, 101 ; on tents, II. 12 ; engraved on schist, 23, 79; written on stones, 26, 128; chanted by lamait, 51, 141; turned by windmills, 143 ; for rain, 184, 186.
Prjevalsky, the traveller, I. 1, 2, 6, 19, 40, 41, 46, 62', 79, 82, 88 (noU»), 89: and the Lake of Lob Nor, 90; 97 (note) ; 99, 107, 111, 126, 168; and the Columbus Moun- tains, 173; and the Koukou route, 203; II. 95, 195.
Pumpkius, I. 91.
Rachmed, L 3, 4, 6, 28; opinion of the Chinese, 46; 52, 108, 115, 119; beat* a Lobi chief, 122; 125, 142, 144, 149, 165, 167, 171 ; lost on the mountains, 184 ; his sage advice to the travellers, 207 ; stoned by Thibetans, II. 140 ; 220.
Kachmed, Ata, I. 67, 68.
Raft for cro.«*8ing the Kontch6- Darya, I. 61.
Raisins purchased at Kourla, I. 43.
Raspberries, I. 12; II. 155, 173.
Rata of the mountains, I. 199 ; II. 80.
Reclus Volcano, The, I. 188.
Red River, The, II. 219; beauty of, 219.
Red soil near Akker, II. 166.
Reed grass, I. 78.
Reeds in the Tarim, I. 92.
Renou, Father, II. 174, 177, 195, 196.
Rheumatism cured at Archan Buluk spring, I. 35 ; attacking women, 100 ; marmot fat as a cure for, 117.
Rhododendrons, II. 120, 144, 147, 153.
Rhubarb plant. The, I. 212, 217.
Richthofen, the traveller, I. 6.
Ritchimbo, II. 115.
River, Novel mode of fording a, II. 134.
Rivers poisoned by vegetable matter, I. 68.
Rokkill (J-), Mr., American diplomatist, II. 211.
Rout^undo, II. 156.
Routchi, II. 144.
Ruins of dwellings near S6r^8umdo, II. 131 ; in the valley of the Mahtchou, 165.
Ruysbruk Volcano, named after the Flemish traveller, I. 194, 198.
Saia, Meaning of, I. 119. Saklis, or tents for the winter, I. 38. SaksaoHh L 131, 133.
Salt on mountains, I. 30 ; mixed with bread, 43 ; on the roads, 65 on the banks of the
Tarim, 69 ; at Talkitchin, 71 ; on the road
to Lob, 76; ponds, 92; on the Ouzoun
Tchor, 146; in the desert, 174; of
Burben-cho, II. 11. Saltpetre, I. 97, 109. Salutation, Thibetan modes of, II. 2, 8, 18,
48, 98. Samarkand, I. 4, 7. Samda Kansain Mountains, II. 68, 74. Samda-Tchou River, II. 68. Sand, Waves of, I. 174 ; fantastic scene from,
196. Sandhills, I. 62, 63, 67, 72, 175, 196. Sarthiana of Turkestan, I. 58, 66. Sasan, a chief of the Kirghis, I. 20. Satchou, II. 155.
Schist, Prayers engraved on, II. 23, 79. Setchou River; II. 147, 148. Setchouen, I. 151 ; IL 212. Semipalatinsk, I. 3, 58. S^r^umdo, II. 130. Shanghai, I. 6. Shaven heads, II. 165. Sheep, Buying, I. 55 ; of Ili, 71. Shepherds', Thibetan, II. 4, 04. Shdr Agha, I. 97. Shisougoune River> II. 194. Siberia, I. 39. Sibos, I. 9.
Sickness, Desert, I. 131. Sickness, Mountain, I. 141, 142, 143, 166,
183 Silos, II. 23.
Sinin-Fou, I. 159; II. 79, 164, 211. Sling, Skill of Thibetans with the, IL 102. Smallpox in the region of the Tchershfene, L
74, 100. Snipe, II. 144. Snow on the mountains, I. 12, 23 ; on Ning-
ling Tangla, II. 33 ; relieving headache,
116. Snuff-box of a Thibetan, II. 2. SnufP-taking, by natives of Arkan, I. 70 ; by
ambassadors from Lhassa, II. 45. So, II. 93, 103; lama-house at, 106; singular
construction of the houses at, 106; palaco
at, 106. Soap, Sap of tougrak trees used as, I. 67. Sokpou, The, their massacre of Thibetans, II.
165. Solitude of the desert, I. 24. Solons, I. 9.
Songs, Native, I. 97, 118, 132; IL 135. So-tchou River, IL 100, 112. Soubrou, IL 77. Soudjou, Valley of, II. 115. Sougombli, Bridge of, IL 154. Sounds, Peculiar, in high altitudes, I. 202. Souti, IL 115. Sparrows, IL 27, 144. Spinning-wheel of a Thibetan, IL 3. Spring of Archan Buluk, I. 35. , Springs, Hot, I. 205, 211, 217; IL 35, 159. St. Denys, Marquis d'Hervey de, I. 48.
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