INDEX.
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A
A’damáwa, 116; capital of 119
Africa, exploration in, 365, 366
Agadez, 97; customs of inhabitants of, 98
Alatou Mountains, the, 222, 225, 227
Albert Nyanza, the, 391–393
Aliyú, the Emir, 135
Altai, lakes of the, 193
Altin-Kool, Lake, 195
Alty-Kuduk, camp of, 277
American camp at Valverde, 70
American trapper, an, 71
Amu-Daria, the, 278, 350, 351
Ara, river, the, 226
Aral, Lake or Sea of, 343
Arkansas valley, 80
Asben, Mount, 96
Asua, river, 384
Atado, town of, 386
Atkinson, Thomas Witlam, travels in Siberia and Central Asia, 157–228
Australia, sketch of discovery in, 293–295
B
Bacsi, the, enchantments of, 29
Badakshan, the river, 14
Badámuni, 130
Bielouka Mountains, the, 206
Bagara Arabs, the, 382
Bagirmi, 121
Bagma, 116
Baikal Lake, 228
Baker, Sir Samuel and Lady, discover the Albert Nyanza, 238
Baker, Lady, illness of, 390–392
Baker, Sir Samuel, travels in Africa, 365–404
Barnaoul, mines of, 186
Barth, Dr., African travels of, 90–156
Bear, adventure with a, 189
Beaver-trapping, 79
Bénuwé, the river, 118
Berber, 403
Boiling Spring River, legend of, 84
Bokhara, 323
Bornú, 105; capital of, 106
Bronze-wing pigeon, the, 305, 306
Búdduma, or African Lake pirates, 110
Bull-tailing, Mexican sport of, described, 57
Burnaby, Major, travels in Khiva, 325–364
C
Caldwell, Bishop, quoted, 45
Cambaluc, visited by Marco Polo, 32
Camels in Australia, 308–310, 315; in Turkistan, 341, 342
Cameron, Lieutenant, 366
Chandu, city of, described, 25
Chihuahua, 67
Chinese, curious superstition of the, 43
Coleridge, quoted, 31
Comanche Indians, the, story of, 56, 59
Cossack officer, a, adventure of, 191
D
D’Ablaing, Baron, 247
Darma Tsyren, Mr. Atkinson’s visit to, 215
Demons’ Mountain, the, 92
“Devil-dancing,” 45
Diamond-sparrow, the, 300, 301
Doré, African town of, 142
Durango, Mexican town of, 59
E
Ekaterineburg, 164
Elephant-hunting, 381, 382
El Gallo, sport of, described, 66
Eremil, river, 223
Errington, Port, 239
Escamilla, story of, 60–63
F
Flinders, Lieutenant, 293
Fogha, valley of, 138
Frost-bitten, 338–340
Fulbi, the, 101
G
Ghat, oasis of, 95
Ghûls, the, 19
Glenelg, 322
Gobi, the Great Desert of, 17, 18, 212–214
Golden Lake, the, 195
Gondokoro, 247, 374, 375
Grant, Captain, 241, 368, 377
H
Heiligenkreuz, missionary settlement of, 246
Heughlin, Dr., 249
Hommaire de Hell, Madame, quoted, 19
I
Ivory-dealers, the African, 255
J
Jana-Daria, desert of, 349
Jornada del Muerto, the, 69
K
Kaiping-fu, described, 25
Kalenderhana, 349
Kalmucks, the, manners and customs of, 198, 199
Kamrasi, the chief of Unyoro, 388, 389, 398
Kanó, town of, 100
Kara-Kalpaks, the, 263
Karakorum Mountains, the, 197
Karuma Falls, the, 386
Kasala, 260, 335, 336, 343, 364
Katchiba, African chief, 383
Katounaia, the, 200
Katséna, town of, 100
Kauffmann, General, 280
Khala-Ata, fortress of, 274
Khan of Khiva, palace of, 283; description of, 285, 357–359
Khartûm, town of, 234, 370, 402
Khiva, described, 282, 283, 285, 287, 355, 356, 360
Khivans, the, account of, 281
Kibitka, a, described, 179, 180, 264, 344, 346
Kirghiz chief, a, description of, 182, 183
Kirghiz tribes, the, habits of, 178–182, 264–267
Kolyvan Lake, 169
Kongo, the, 367
Kublai Khan, Marco Polo’s visit to the court of, 25
Kúkáwa, in Bornú, 106
Kyzil-Kum, desert of, 261, 263
L
Latookas, tribe of the, 379–381
Lepson, river, 225
Lindsay, Hon. Robert, quoted, 41
Livingstone, Dr., 364, 365
Lop, or Lob, city of, 17
Luta N’zige, the, 377
M
MacGahan, Mr. J. A., with the Russian army in Khiva, 260–292
Maduwári, 111
Magango, 395
Mal Pais, the, description of, 55
Mapimi, 67
Marco Polo, travels of, in Central Asia, 1–48
Másená, 124
Mexicans, the, character of, 49; sports of, 59
Mexico, geographical characteristics of, 50, 51
Mongols, the, habits of, 20–22
Morzouk, 91
Muna Aim, story of, 267, 268
Múniyo, 129
Murchison Falls, the, 396
N
Nicholas, the Grand-Duke, 280
Niger, the, description of, 139; basin of, 367
Nile, the, scenery of, 235, 236, 371, 400, 401; basin of, 367
Nô, Lake, 243, 244
Nor-Zaisan, Lake, 176
Nuehr tribe, the, 372
O
Oakover, river, 315, 320
Obbo, 383
Oogentel, 353
Orenburg, 335
Overweg, Mr., joins Dr. Barth, 112; death of, 128
P
Pamir, table-land of, described, 16
Pardalote, the, 300, 301
Peking (anc. Cambaluc), 32
Perovsky, Fort, 261
Petro-Alexandrovsky, 361, 362
Phayre, Sir A., quoted, 54
Pike’s Peak, 88
Porcupine-grass, 299
Palque, Mexican drink of, described, 51
Q
Queretaro, 51
R
Ramusio, quoted, 9
Rancho, a Mexican, described, 66
Reg, Lake, 249
Richardson, Mr. James, African traveller, death of, 106
Rio Colorado, the, 78
Rocky Mountains, in the, 74, 75
Ruxton, Mr. George F., travels in Mexico, 49–89
S
Sagárti, the, 111
Samara, Russian town of, 331
Santa Fé, 73
Say, town of, 139
Sesamum, the, cultivation of, 385
Shamo, country of, 114
Shillooks, the, character of, 242–244, 371
Shir, the, African tribe of, 373
Shooa, described, 384, 385, 399
Snake Indians, the, 85
Snow-storm in Arkansas, 81
Sobat, the, 371
Somerset, the, 386, 391
Sourays, the, 111
Speke, Captain, travels of, 368, 369, 377
Stanley, Mr. H. M., 368
Steudner, Dr., death of, 250
Syr-Daria, the, 260, 345
T
Tartars, the, described by Marco Polo, 20–25
Tasáwa, 100
Tchad, Lake, 110, 120
Terekli, 340
Thian-Shan, the, 325
Tibet, description of, 40–43
Timbuktu, described, 150
Tinné, Alexina, travels of, in the Soudan, 230–259
Tiska, Mount, 96
Tollogo, 378
Towaregs, the, 92, 95
Traveller’s Tree, the, 400
Turkistan, boundaries and divisions of, 325, 326
U
Uafour river, 389
Unyoro, country of, 387, 388
U’shek, 129
Uzbegs, the, customs of, 288; a house of, 289, 290; dance of, 290, 291
V
Vacovia, 394
Valverde, American camp at, 70
Venice, rivalry of, with Genoa, 12
Victoria Nyanza, the, 369
Victoria White Nile, the, 386, 395
Volga, the, sleighing on, 330
W
Wakkala, 379
Warburton, Colonel Egerton explores West Australia, 293–324
White Nile, the, 244
Wood, Captain John, quoted, 16
Wordsworth, quoted, 60
Y
Yule, Colonel, quoted, 1, 2, 17
Yuz-Kudak, valley of, 271
Z
Zacatero, 68
Zambési, the, 367
Zindu, 131