Index:Across Thibet Vol. 1.djvu
| CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAPTER I. AMONG THE LAMAS. PAGE How the Journey was Suggested — Eachmed— At Moscow — Through the Ural Mountains — Arrival at Djarkent — Organising the Caravan — At Kuldja — Father Dedeken — Abdullah, the Interpreter — Across the Tien Shan — In the Province of Ili — Kirghis and Kalmucks— Chinese Justice — The River Kunges — Mongols — Exposing the Dead — Visit to a Grand Lama — A Lama Monastery and Pagoda — Timmiik — Kirghis Immigrants — Valley of the Tsakma — The Joy of the Desert ... ... ... 1 — 25 CHAPTER II. TO KOURLA. A Good Camping Ground — Tent Life — Arrival of Two Torgots — Death of a Camel — Concerning Obos — The Gorge of the Kahchigué-gol — A Native at his Devotions— The Ghadik — Farewell to the Torgots— A Pan-Turkish Empire — Yakoob-Beg ... 26—41 CHAPTER III. FROM KOURLA TO TCHARKALIK. Kourla — In the Bazaar — Provisioning the Caravan— Parpa — Visit from the Akim of Kourla — A " Mandarinade "— Tchinaf i — Music in the Camp — A Forest of Poplars — Crossing the Kontché-Darya and the Intchigué-Darya — Aktarma — The River Tarim — The " Silk Plant" — Arkan — Hard Words and Blows Compared — Talkitchin — The Last of the Tarim— At Tcharkalik 42—74 CHAPTER IV. EXPLORATION OF THE LOB NOR. (BY PRINCE HENRY OF ORLEANS.) A Region of Salt — On the Tarim Again — Abdallah— Residence of the Chief — His Family — Wild Camels — Another Abdallah — Lost in the Darkness — More about Wild Camels — Waterfowl — An Exchange — Disappearance of a Lake — Down the Tarim in Canoes — Youtchap Khan — Another Native Type — Kumshap Khan — Straddling a River at its Mouth — At Eutin — Ichthyophagists— A Native Legend — Probable Causes of the Drying up of the Lake — Native Customs — Festivities — Back to the First Abdallah— Tchaï— A Couple of Good Shots— A Moonlight March— At Tcharkalik Once More 75—110 CHAPTER V. FROM TCHARKALIK TO THE KOUM DAWAN. "The Southern Road " — Taking Stock — New Recruits : Timour and Iça — Festivities at Tcharkalik — A Nomad Moralist and Poet — Tramps — Prince Henry's Return- Taking a Chief into Custody — The Dungan and his Master — The Start — Yandachkak — The Altyn Tagh — Valley of the Djahan Saï — Tchoukour Saï — Through a Canon — Prince Henry Lost 111—139CHAPTER VI. STRIKING THE SOUTHERN' ROUTE. PAGE Ascent of the Koum Dawan — The Beginning of Mountain Sickness — A Musical Evening — At Ouzoun Tchor — Iça's Reformation — A Caravan Sighted — The Plain of Tchimène — A Providential Meeting — Bagh Tokai — The Southern Route Discovered at Last — Making for Namtso — Diplomacy ... ... ... ... ... 140 — 162 CHAPTER VII. A DEATH IN THE CARAVAN. At Moula Kourghan — More Mountain Sickness — A Chinaman's Logic — Crossing the Amban Ashkan Dawan — The Lake which does not Freeze — A Parting : "Forward to the Highlands " — The Caravan on Ice — Inquisitive Koulans — Ovongo Antelopes : their Strength and Courage — Camp de la Miséricorde — Niaz Sick unto Death — Timour Missing — His Return — Remedy for Mountain Sickness — Rachmed Lost and Found — Naming a Volcano — Chinese Heartlessness — Death and Burial of Niaz — Another Volcano named — A Hurricane— Keeping the New Year ... ... 163 — 197 CHAPTER VIII. A ^WILDERNESS OF MOUNTAINS. New Year's Greetings — The Ruysbruk Volcano — Abdullah Astray — Recovering the Track of the Pilgrims— Making for the Tengri Nor — Crossing the Lake of Cones on the Ice — " Lake Montcalm " — A Valley of Dry Bones — The Dupleix Mountains — Human Handiwork — Probable Source of the Yang-tse-Kiang — Fossils at a Height of 19,000 Feet— Traces of Human Beings— 40° Below Zero— Celebrating the Chinese New Year — " Crows with a Metallic Croak " — Mountains Everywhere — Running Water 198—218LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. I. PAGE M. Bonvalot and Prince Henry of Orleans Frontispiece Rachmed Father Dedeken ... The Caravan on the March ... A Lama Doctor ... The Tien Shan Mountains Valley of the Tsakma A Mongolian Tent Imatch The Yulduz Valley Imatch calling the Camels An "Obo" Sandhills at Kourla ... A Mongolian Lama Kourla Women ... A Bit of the Tarim Inhabitants of Kourla A Chinese Warrant Crossing the Kontché Darya Natives of Yangi Koul Canoe on the Tarim Crossing an Arm of the Tarim at Arkan on an Improvised Raft .. A Native of Lor The Village of Abdallah Women of Abdallah and Natives of the Lob Nor, with Implements 85 On the Tarim 93 The Latter End of the Tarim 101 Spinning Woman at Abdallah 109 Asses and Sheep on the Road 113 Parpa 116 At the Foot of the Altyn Tagh 121 Tcholkour Saï 129 The Dungan 135Cañon at the Foot of the Koum Dawan 137 Akoun 141 In the Camp at Ouzoun Tchor 145 In the Tash Dawan 153 At Bagh Tokai 160 Encampment at Moula Kourghan 165 Camels on the Ice 173 Niaz 176 Burial of Niaz 189 Head of an Orongo Antelope 193 The Prince in his Travelling Outfit 198 The Ruysbruk Peak 201 "Pic de Bussy" 208 Range of Icy Peaks 212 Distant View of the "Binocle" Lake 216 A Wild Yak 218 The First Thibetan Encountered 219 |
