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