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ix 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—139 A*