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354   OVERLAND TO INDIA

Quarantine regulations, lax, ii.' 246

Quelle, Dr. O., Gotha, ii. 144 n.

Quetta, arrival at, ii. 340 ; kindness of English officers to author, ii. 341 ; bid farewell to my servant Riza at, ii. 341 ; railway journey from, ii. 341

Rabat-gur, camp pitched at, ii. 22 ; caravan resting-place at, ii. 23 ; reservoir of, ii. 24 ; departure of caravans from, ii. 25

Racial rivalries in the Caucasus, Russia's power based on, i. 104

Ragim Khan, Nakichevan, i. 'co, 104, 106

Railway service, dislocation of, at Batum, 1. IO

Rain, effect of, on the salt desert, i. 324, 401

Rainfall, periods of, in Eastern Persia, ii.

199

Rainstorms in the desert, ii. 139, 141 Ramazan, hours of fasting during, i. 34,

46

Ramel, Baron, Swedish Minister at Constantinople, i. 17

Rats, enormous, at Poti, i. 13 ; as carriers of plague infection, ii. 286

Renz, Herr, Mianeh, i. 139

Reptiles, poisonous, of Tebbes, ii. 38 Rest-houses, verminous, i. 32

Rettel, M. de, French Consul at Tabriz, i. 126

Rex, Count, German Legation, Teheran,

1. 158, 168

Rhagae (Rhages), i. 169, 173

Richthofen, F. von, on alluvial deposition,

2. 215

Rig-i-Iskenderi, sandy area of, ii. 106 Rig-i jin, meaning of the term, i. 307, 374 Rig-i-kademu, sand-belt of, i. 395 Rig-i-Neh, sand-dunes of, ii. 247

Rion, river, dangerous bridges over, i. 13 Riza, my Persian body-servant from Nasretabad, ii. 295 ; preparation of, for the journey, ii. 295 ; his method of dressing, ii. 308 ; bid farewell to, at Quetta, ii. 341 Rize, Black Sea coast town, i. 23

Roads, desert, disused, ii. 229

Robat, arrival at, ii. 31 I

Rocks, varieties of, i. 227, 242, 277, 377 ; ii. 92, III, 325

Rodd, Sir Rennell, ii. 294

Roghan, or solidified butter, i. 175

Roofs, hive-shaped, advantages of, i. 195 Route, choice of, i. 3, 17 Rudkhaneh-i-Darin, ii. 16 Rudkhaneh-i-gez, i. 370, 377

Rudkhaneh - i - jangal - i - nakho, treacherous bed of, ii. 123

Rudkhaneh-i-kal, i. 367

Rudkhaneh-i-kale-bagh, river, ii. 63 Rudkhaneh-pai-kale, i. 378

Rud-i-Hanar, drainage-channel, ii. i 19 Rud-i-kadin, old bed of the Hilmend, ii. 301

Rud-i-piran, ii. 314

Rud-i-Seistan, the difficulties with dromedaries at, ii. 297

Ruins, abundance of, in Eastern Persia, explained, ii. 225, 228

Sadarak, i. 96 Sadetabad, ii. 63

Sadfe, arrival at, after crossing the Kevir,

1. 371 ; routes and distances from, i. 373 ; ruins of old fort near, i. 373 ; statements as to existence of wild camels in the Kevir, i. 374 ; legends of treasure near, i. 375

Sadikabad, ii. 63

Sadr Azam, Persian Grand Vizier, i. 158 Sahara melons, i. 308

Saindek, station-house of, ii. 322 ; hill of,

2. 323

St. John, Major Oliver, quoted, ii. 178 ; on formation of kevir, ii. 179

St. Petersburg Geographical Society, expedition through Eastern Persia, ii. 145 Salt caravans, ii. 126, 172

Salt crust of the Kevir, i. 352, 361

Salt desert, the great. See Kevir, the

Salt swamps, dangers of, after rain, i. 208

Sand-dunes, i. 283, 286, 290 ; ii. 3, 89, 106 ; tone emitted by cooling, i. 292 ; peculiar collection of, i. 296 ; at Halvan described by Lieutenant Vaughan, ii. 164 ; position of, with regard to lake basins, ii. 176, 177, 179, 244 ; Huntington on deposition of, in Seistan, ii. 212 ; extent of, at Alem, ii. 235 ; on the edges of the Tebbes basin, ii. 236 ; unvarying position of, ii. 236 ; driftsand near Yezd, ii. 238, 242 ; in Afghanistan and Turkestan, ii. 239 ; in Tibet, ii. 240 ; conditions for production of, ii. 240 ; in North Africa, ii. 241 ; on the margin of the Kevir, ii. 241 ; effects of wind on, ii. 243 ; in North Baluchistan, ii. 330

Sand-spirals, ii. 133

Sandstorms, ii. 137, 138

Saxaul bushes, i. 214 ; tree-like, ii. 181, 30 ÿ

Schneider, Dr., Teheran, i. 158

Scorpions, ii. 38, 83, 87

Sedi-khan, i. 6A

Sefid-ab, " white water," i. 254

Sefid-rud, river, course of, i. 140

Sehend-kuh, i. 123

Seidabad, trouble with driver at, i. 132 Seile-saus, district of, i. 266

Seistan, Sir Thomas Holdich on former

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