Abadon, 89, 90.

Abaloo, 21; dismissed, 107.

Amir Chah, 348.
Amrani, village, 393.

at Birjand, 369.

Abbas Khan, 333.

Abdul Hag, cook, 253, 258, 382, 390.
Abdur Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghan-
istan, 267, 283, 313, 331, 332, 339,
352.

Abraham, a descendant of, 317.
Adam's Peak, 160.

Afghan, behaviour of an, 259; inva-
sion of Sistan by, 293; gentleman,
312.

Afghan-Balooch boundary, 266.
Afghanistan, 248, 258, 259, 264, 266,
283, 305, 331, 335, 337, 352.

Agra, 4.

Ahmedabad, 4.

Ajmere, 4.

Alexandretta, 248.

Ali Mohammed, merchant, 343.

Ali Mohammed Khan, son of Sherif

Khan, 331, 332.

361.

107.

transport, 254, 257; rate of

progress of, 280; disadvan-
tages of, 400, 401.
trunks, 257.

Caravan of camels disappears, 254.

Bast (refuge), 333.

Batoum, 353.

Bear, black, 175, 178, 181, 252.

Bear, red or snow, 63, 75, 79, 171,

173; two shot, 66; third shot,
68.

Belgium, 413.

Bell, Colonel Mark, 352.

Bell, the great, of Moscow, 412.

Birjand, 375, 377; at Sadik, 382;
at Kain, 384; at Kakh, 388; at
Sham Khal, 406.

Caraway seeds, 344, 377.

Cardigan jacket, 26.

Carpets, Baloochi, 320; Persian, 344,
377.

Caspian Sea, 336, 410.

Caucasus mountains, 411.
Cawnpore, 4.

417

port, 18; engaged on the road, 22;
slow progress of, 23; hard day for,
31; narrow escape for, 33; pay of,
35, 227.

Cossacks, 322, 346.

Curzon, Lord, G.M.S.I., G.M.I.E.,
293, 336, 348, 399, 405.

Fascination of the desert, 138.
Feather-collectors, 318.
Ferash, 327, 328, 359, 364.
Fever, 271.
Fireworks, 306.
Fishing, 135.
Fog, lost in, 271.

Gol, 39, 84.

223.

Jovara, Kashmiri, 21; dismissed, 107.
Jujaki well, 274.

Kabanis (dried apricots), 36.

Kabul, 312, 313, 331.

Kachnambal nullah, 180.

Kaffir Killa, village, 397.

318.

Hemis, 102, 108.

Hennesey, Mr, 254; shot, 255.
Herat, 276, 310, 335, 344, 345.
Himalayas, 4, 124, 240, 243.

Holdich, Colonel Sir T. H., K.C.I.E.,
266, 360.

Hormak springs, 284.
Horse-dealers, 259, 274, 276.
Hot springs, 41, 43, 63, 155.
House-boat, 12, 19, 22.

Houzdar, deserted village, 285, 286.
Hughes, Mr T., 263, 264, 267, 272,
273.
Husseinabad, southern part of capital
of Sistan, 288, 292-294, 300, 338.

Ibex (Capra sibirica), first seen, 41;
first stalk after, 44; first shot at.
47; first head secured, 49; second
and third shot, 53; big buck seen,
60; killed by bear, 68; successful
stalk after, 72; another shot, 75.
Ibex, Scind (Capra ægagrus), 272, 282,
283.

Iman Kuli, village, 405.

Iman Reza, 388, 397, 400.
Indigo, 344.

Indo-Persian trade, 274.

Indus, 35, 39, 40, 80, 81, 83, 84, 98,

100, 105, 112, 140, 162, 168, 200,
214, 218, 224, 249.

Iran (Persia), 355, 369, 379.

Iskel, village, 321.

Istikarra (omen), 340.

Kalka, 249.

Kaltachinar, 401, 406.

Kameri Pass, 112.

Kanat (aqueduct). See Karez.
Kangan, 22.

Kapaloo, 86; Raja of, 86-89.
Kara Kum desert, 410.
Karakoram Mountains, 144.
Karez (aqueduct), 274, 281, 291, 364,
375, 380.
Kargil, 96, 170.
Karguzar (Persian official), 395, 396.
Karmung, 35.

Karnak, levy post, 263.
Kashmir, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 29, 247;
postal system of, 47; snowline in,
171; vale of, 240.

Kashmir Kar, fort, 251, 252, 254.
Kashmiri, shikarie, 13; boatmen, 14;
tradesmen, 19; servants, 21; a
characteristic of the, 68; nature of
the, 123; as shikaries, 124.
Kaufmann, General, 353.
Kerman, 339, 343, 344, 348.
Khada Bux, cook, 20, 36, 141.
Khan jan Khan, 333.

Khan of Kalat, 266.

Kharan mountains, 271-273.

Kiris, 80, 82, 85.

Kirtaka, levy post, 280, 282, 283.
Kishingi, 264.

Kohak, bund of, 318.
Kohala, 10.

Koh-i-Khwaja, 314, 315; description
of, 316, 317.

Koh-i-Malek Siah, 283-285.
Koh-i-Sultan, 278.

Koh-i-Tuftan, 12,681 feet, 278, 281.
Kohuk, on the Mashkel river, 266.
Kolan nullah, 174.

Koondi, levy post, 278, 279, 281.
Kopet Dagh Mountains, 410.
Krait, narrow escape from, 250.
Krasnovodsk, 409, 410.
Krausse, 354.

Kremlin, the, 412.

Kuchaki Chah, levy post, 271, 276.
Kuchan, 403, 404.

Kugrang Sanspo, 145, 152, 154.
Kulsi, 98, 102.

Kundar (gum), 377.

Kunis, 85.

Kyam, 155.

Kyang, 114, 120-122, 129.

Ladak, 13, 14, 95, 99; postal system
of, 47; wind in, 126; leaving, 168;
snow-line in, 171.
Ladaki, curious customs of, 100, 123;
shikarie, 105; guide, 112; engaged
as post-runners, 107; leaves, 145.
Lama, 97, 99, 108, 111, 123, 168.
Lamayuru, 168.

Lead, 279.

Leather goods, 344.

Leh, capital of Ladak, 14, 18, 100-

102, 107, 166.

Leopard, 15, 45, 51, 52, 56.

Levant, the, 354.

Leycher store-house, 202.

MacGregor, Sir C., 354.

Machahoi, 29.

M'Mahon, Captain, 266.
Madresseh, at Birjand, 374.
Mahan, Captain, 352.

Mahsud tribe, 250; raid by, 254.
Makak Karez, levy post, 281.

Malek Siah Koh, 266.

Malleson, Colonel, 293, 354.
Manasbal, 19, 22, 185.
Mani-wall, 99, 100.
Manji, 14, 190.

Manna (gum), 377.

Marches, list of, from Quetta to Nas-
ratabad, 289; Nasratabad to Bir-
jand, 378; Birjand to Meshed,
398.

Markhor (Capra megaceros), 196; first
shot, 205; varieties of, 206; second
shot, 207; third shot, 209; fourth
shot, 213; fifth shot, 215; sixth
shot, 218.

Markhor, straight horned (Capra Jer-
doni), 252, 253, 255.

Marsemik La, 18,420 feet, 144.
Mashkel, river, 266.

Mashki Chah, levy post, 279-281.
Mataian, 29, 31.

Merchants, Kashmiri, 187.

Merk, Mr W., commissioner of Dera-
jät, 249, 250, 254.

Meroi, levy post, 275, 276.

Merve, 353.

'Merve Oasis' (O'Donovan), 364.

Meshed, 248, 259, 261, 274, 276, 281,
283, 284, 303, 304, 312, 326, 332,
333, 339-341, 344, 380, 399, 401,
402.
Mesopotamia, 348.
Meteors, 189.

Miani levies, 252, 254.

Miller, M., Russian Vice-consul for
Sistan, 294, 301, 305, 319, 334, 342,
349.

Mippal Loomba, 157.

Mir Abbas, of Sistan, 311, 312, 320,
321.

Mir Alam Khan, 375.

Mir Ali Akbar, Amir of Sistan, 299,

332.

Mir Mausum Khan, the sartip, 306,