40
BAGHDAD TO TEHERAN 42

IV. THE PERSIAN DESERT (1906)--

ACROSS THE KEVIR 46
THE OASIS OF TEBBES 51

V. ON THE KIRGHIZ STEPPE (1893-5)--

INTO ASIA FROM ORENBURG 55
SAMARCAND AND BUKHARA 59
THE PAMIR 62
"THE FATHER OF ICE-MOUNTAINS" 66
A KIRGHIZ GYMKHANA 69

VI. FROM PERSIA TO INDIA (1906)--

TEBBES TO SEISTAN 72
A BALUCHI RAID 75
SCORPIONS 80
THE INDUS 82
KASHMIR AND LADAK 87

VII. EASTERN TURKESTAN (1895)--

THE TAKLA-MAKAN DESERT 89
ACROSS A SEA OF SAND 90
THE END OF THE CARAVAN 93
WATER AT LAST 97

VIII. THE DESERT WATERWAY (1899)--

DOWN THE YARKAND RIVER 102
THE TARIM 105
THE WANDERING LAKE 107
WILD CAMELS 109

IX. IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND (1901-2, 1906-8)--

THE PLATEAU OF TIBET 111
ATTEMPT TO REACH LHASA 115
THE TASHI LAMA 124
WILD ASSES AND YAKS 126

X. INDIA--

FROM TIBET TO SIMLA 130
DELHI AND AGRA 131
BENARES AND BRAHMINISM 134
THE LIGHT OF ASIA 137
BOMBAY 141
THE USEFUL PLANTS OF INDIA 142
WILD ELEPHANTS 145
THE COBRA 148

XI. FROM INDIA TO CHINA (1908)--