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INDEX 357
Tus-khanlar, i. 34
Tutins, or canoes, on the Hamun, ii. 263, 268, 271
Uch-kilisse, i. 71
Ullu-l:hanlu, i. 91, 62
Valleys, longitudinal, characteristic of Persia, i. 136, 140
Varsehan, i. 43
Vaughan, Lieutenant H. B., i. 259 n., 381 ; ii. 151 ; journeys across the Kevir, ii.
161 ; estimate of its extent, ii. 163, 166 ;
description of sandhills of Halvan, ii.
164 ; effects of mirage noted by, ii. 165 ;
account of the Darya -i-nemek, ii. 165 ; general observations on the Kevir, ii. 166-167 ; marine shells discovered in the Kevir by, ii. 217
Vavuk-dag, pass, i. 42
Veil, use of the, among Persian women, i. 409 ; strict observance of custom at Tebbes, ii. 43
Veramin, collapse of carriage at, i. 172 ; camp pitched at, i. 173 ; mosques of, i.
173-174 ; decay of town, i. 174 ; dependence of district on snowfall, i. 174 ; preparations for our desert journey at, i. 175, 176 ; departure from, i. 178
Vermin, prevalence of, in rest-houses, i. 32, 44
Vineyards, i. 88
Walther, Herr, on lake shrinkage, ii. 224, 23o, 239
Water, wild animals' spoor of assistance in
locating, i. 228 ; natural reservoirs of, i.
307 ; near the Kevir, i. 327, 335 ; period
camels can do without, i. 343 Water-bags, i. 165, 195, 198 Water-channels, subterranean, i. 181 Watershed, an important, i. 56
Weather, forecast of, i. 185 ; rapid changes
of, i. 206 ; effect of the Kevir upon the, ii. 10
Wedel, Herr von, Teheran, i. 154, 156 Wells, Captain H. L., ii. 180
Wells, on margin of the Kevir, i. 327, 335 on desert routes, i. 397
White, Lieutenant, meeting with, near Robat, ii. 311
Willows, diminutive, i. 48
Wind : desert, i. 329, 357 ; west, i. 333 east, i. 401 ; spring, ii. 122 ; absence of effect on surface of the Kevir, ii. 231 ; influence on movement of sand-dunes, ii. 243 ; prevailing direction of, in Eastern Persia, ii. 244 ; effect on extent of the Hamun, ii. 262, 264 ; the 120 - days' wind of Seistan, ii. 292 ; effect on clay formations, ii. 302
Wind-catchers, i. 321 ; ii. 23
Windmills, peculiarly constructed, ii. 135 Wolves, reward for killing, ii. 19 ; depredations of, ii. 134
Yadgar, bungalow of, lively scene at, ii. 334
Yagdarish, i. 52
Yalais, wheat-fields of, ii. 296
Yam, station-house and village of, i. 121
Yangal, or clump of trees, i. 290
Yangi-imam, i. 154
Yechabad, i. 190
Yengi-jai, i. 146
Yezd, route between Chupunun and, i. 302 ;
caravan traffic between Meshed and, ii.
23 ; driftsand near, ii. 238; Marco Polo
on, ii. 242
Yilasor, i. 70
Yule, Sir Henry, work on Marco Polo by,
ii. 67, 75
Zebus, ii. 3o
Zoroaster, teachings of, exemplified in the natural conditions of Eastern Persia, i. 262
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