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 NOTES {3} The roc, a gigantic bird, which figures in the Eastern fable of Sinbad the Sailor.