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tive position — Rivers flowing into it; the Ili and its headwaters the Tekes — Muzart pass — Kuija and its neighbourhood — The Lepsa — Chubar-agatch valley — The Kara-tal — Buddhistic remains — Nifantieff deputed to survey Lake Balkash — Preparations; he launches his boats — Difficulties — He constructs a felt dam; arrives at the lake: begins survey — His assistant shipwrecked — He completes survey following year |
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Humboldt's theory on the lake — Topography — Meaning of the name — Geographical position and height — Alternation in level — Rivers flowing into it — Subsidiary lakes: Sassyk-kul, or "the stinking lake;" Jelanash-kul, or "the open lake" — Island of Aral-tiube — Russian settlement — Pate of Chuguchak — New Russo-Chinese trade-route — Ala-kul in summer — Barlyk range — Russo-Chinese frontier — Arasan, or mineral springs — The Ehbi wind — Legend concerning it — Inhabitants |
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Origin of raskol — Society in Central Russia twenty years ago — Repressive measures of Emperor Nicholas — Retreats of the Starovertsi — Grigorieff's note on the Lob-nortsi — Historical sketch of "Kamenshiki" — Their refuges in Siberia — Bielovodiye — Meaning of the word "Kamenshiki" — First settlers — Their retreats in the mountains ; huts, occupations, fishing, and trapping expeditions — Beaver hunting — Mode of obtaining salt — Ineffectual measures of government — First discovery of refugee Starovertsi — Their patriarchal mode of life: system of administering justice; quarrels and dissensions ; crimes and immorality — Extraordinary punishment — Intercourse with Chinese |
