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Citation Information
INDEX 397
Davis, W. M., cited, 348; definition of geography, 10, 13; drawings by, 112; journey with, 9,112, 300, 337, 351.
Dead reed-beds, in Kuruk Tagh, 278; in Turfan, 309.
Dead vegetation, in Lop basin, 179, 188, 190; in Turfan, 296.
Death, festivities at, among Khirghiz, 125.
Debts, collection of, at Charklik, 241.
"Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," quoted, 370.
Deflection of rivers, 285.
Deforestation, effect of, upon climate, 372.
Deghar, village of Turfan, 302. Democracy, of Chantos, 228; of Khirghiz, 110.
Democratic party, victory in 1874, 377.
Demons in Ladakh, 59.
Denver, weather influences in, 363. Deodar trees in Kashmir, 17. Depopulation, causes of, 323-328;
of Turfan, 312.
Deposition in moist versus dry epochs, 42.
Depsang plain, approach to, 73; topography of, 78, 79; temperature of, 81.
Derbent, old wall at, 340-342, 348. Derevzeh Dung, ruins, 173.
Desert of Lop, 248-264, 272, 273. Desert of Takla-maka, 92, 103. See Takla-makan.
Desert Mountains, or Chol Tagh, 276, 298.
Deserts, among mountains, 66; Asia, a land of, 8, 90; encroachment of, 179, 188; influence of, upon character, 261, 361; of Lop basin, 103.
Desiccation, intermittent, 282 ; of Lop-Nor, 247; of Lulan, 263. See Climate, changes of.
Designs, of Khirghiz, 113; on pottery, 205.
Dexter, O., cited, 363, 364.
Deyem Bai, chief of Khirghiz game, 124.
Dhus, or giants, 321.
Diarbekir, old road to, 355.
Diet of Chanto peasant, 137 ; of Lopliks, 247.
Diodorus of Sicily, cited, 334. Disasters, suddenness of, in Ladakh, 60.
Discourtesy of official at Charklik, 141.
Dishonesty, of Chantos, 229; of guide, 201; in Kashmir, 28; of Khirghiz, 127; in Persia, 363, 365.
Dissected plateau of Yurungkash, 156.
Ditches, ancient, 174. See Canals. Diversion of water supply, 282 ; of Ak Sai River, 165.
Divorce among Chantos, 231. Dnieper River, 330.
Dogs eating mulberries, 145. Doksun, town of Turfan, 298. Dolbejef, Russian consul-general, 305.
Domoko, 170. See Dumuka.
Don River, confused with Oxus River, 333.
Dragon Town, on Lop-Nor, 287, 344.
Drangadaras, ancient officials, 209. Dras River, 51-56.
Dream of Mulla, 199.
Dress of Chantos, 142, 143; of Khirghiz, 111, 114.
Drew, F., cited, 26, 37.
Drinking-water, in Lop basin, 95; in Lop desert, 248, 255. Drought, at Dumuka, 175, 178; effect of, upon history, 373378.
Dry Mountains, 249, 280. See Kuruk Tagh.
Dry River, 274, 284.
Dry weather, effect upon conduct, 364.
Dua, town of Lop basin, 149.
Dumuka, town of Lop basin, 170, 171; ruins near, 172-177; at Mohammedan conquest, 177; trees at, 216 ; compared with Niya, 208.
Dumuka River, see Ak-Sai.
Dunes, in Keriya desert, 184, 185. See Sand.
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