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346   OVERLAND TO INDIA

Copper, presence of, near Jandak, i. 323 Coral, fossilized, i. 253

Corpse-caravans, i. 150

Cossack escort, trustworthiness of my, i. 165

Costume, Armenian, i. 58 ; Kurdish, i. 69 ; of Persian desert villagers, i. 299 Cotton, cultivation of, i. 300

Craterus, general of Alexander the Great, ii. 189, 204, 207

Crystallization, salt, i. 361

Curzon, Lord, work on Persia by, cited, ii.

68, 143, 155, 156, 178, 226

Cypress trees, indication.of burial-grounds,

i. 28, 33

Dagemashi, waterless camp at, ii. 105 Dagh-daghu, salt belt at, i. 392 Dag-i-dumbone, points visible from, i. 358 Dalbenclan, bungalow of, ii. 334 Damghan, route from Sadfe to, i. 373 Dancing, Georgian, i. 14

D'Apchier, Count, French Legation, Teheran, i. 157, 168

Darya - i - nemek, Lieutenant Vaughan's description of, ii. 165

Darya-Suleimanya, ii. 28

Dash-chasan, i. 134

Dastarkhan, or gift of welcome, ii. 35

Date-cheese, a Persian delicacy, ii. 49, 59

Date palms, of Abbasabad, i. 403 ; of Khur, i. 406 ; of Tebbes, ii. 37 ; Persian legends regarding, ii. 58 ; sacrifice of, for manufacture of date-cheese, ii. 59 of Naibend, ii. 113

Dates, measure and price of, i. 396 Davalu, i. 96

Dayar, i. 66

Degermen-dere, " mill - village " of Trebizond, i. 29

Deh-daghum, i. 182

Dehene-rud-narek, spring, i. 313 Deheneh-i-Bendan, district of, ii. 250 Deheshk, ii. 63

Deh-i-salm, oasis of, ii. 141, 148

Deh-no, ii. 63

Deli-baba-boghasi, i. 65

Demavend, volcanic peak, i. 155, 171, 187, 200, 206

Demirchi-suyi, " smith's brook," i. 38 Denudation, rock, i. 226, 234, 242 ; ii. 120 Deredis, station-house, i. 115

Dervash Imamsadeh Hussein, i. 153

Desert, the, dangers of, i. 177 ; gradual extension of, i. 184 ; fascination of, i. 184, 234 ; preparations for our first march into, i. 198 ; snowstorms in, i. 201, 280 ; climatic changes in, i. 206 : rock disintegration, i. 226, 234, 242 ; mirage effects in, i. 257, 289 ; monotony of marches in, i. 269, 272 ; a welcome

meeting, i. 279 ; charcoal manufacture in,

i. 288, 300, 331, 399 ; a cheery camp in,

1. 291 ; gradual conversion of the Kevir into sandy desert, ii. 5 ; Marco Polo's description of the Persian, ii. 67 ; terms in use for different formations of, ii. 181

Desert, the great salt. See Kevir, the

Deserts, a gigantic chain of, i. 309

Desht-i-naumid or Desert of Despair, ii.

237

De Speyer, Madame, Teheran, i. 158 Dhoedt, Herr, Julfa, i. 112

Dijakrak, i. 65

Distance, calculation of, from camel's stride, i. 179, 325

Doasde-imam, i. 190, 200

Dogs, our caravan, i. 205, 211, 220, 252,

257, 310, 313, 323, 388, 401 ; ii. 32, 45,

90, 98, 132, 303, 327

Dolashi, stage in the Kevir, i. 355

Dom spring, camp at, i. 263 ; sheep and camels at, i. 264

Do-rag-seh-rig, sand-belt of, ii. Io6 Douglas, Colonel, Teheran, i. 158, 160 ;

2. 6o

Dromedaries, swiftness and endurance of,

ii. Io8, 128 ; my caravan of, from Nasretabad, ii. 195 ; difficulty with, at the Rud-i-Seistan, ii. 197 ; fresh caravan of, from Robat, ii. 311 ; cost of, ii. 316 ; stampede of, ii. 333

Drought, gradual increase of, in climate of Persia, ii. 186

Droysen, J. G., account of Alexander's

march through the desert, ii. 202 Dube-i-lerdeki, stage in the Kevir, i. 355 Duhuk, road to, ii. 8o

Dunscombe, Captain, Robat, kindness of, ii. 311

Dust-storm at Kala-no, i. 183, 186

Echmiadzin, monastery of, its foundation, i. 88 ; the objective of Armenian pilgrims,

1. 89 : museum and library of, i. 89 ; Russian confiscation of treasure, i. 90 ; difficulties at railway station, i. 90

Eine-reshid, hill, i. 208

Elburz range, i. 154, 155, 171, 187, 200, 206

Emad-ul-Mulk, Governor of Tebbes, ii. 36, 44, 61 ; farewell visit to, ii. 62 Emrabad, i. 173

Enckel, Colonel, commandant of Nakichevan, i. 99-103, Io6, 107, io8 n.; effective punishment of Tatars by, 104

Erivan, rioting in, i. 103

Erosion furrows, troublesome, i. 235, 267 ;

2. 107

Erzerum, approach to, i. 53 ; visits to officials of, i. 54 ; filthy condition of