CHAPTER XVIII

STALKING THE GREAT SHEEP OF MARCO POLO 324

INDEX 333

ILLUSTRATIONS

_Note._--The illustrations, with one exception, are from reproductions of photographs taken by the authors.

FACE PAGE

A _Ya-Yieh_ or Yamen Runner _Frontispiece_

Cart used in the Osh District 26

Daoud and Sattur 41

Watering Horses in the Tuman Su 56

Kashgar Women and Children 58

Water-Carriers at Kashgar 60

Shoeing in the Kashgar Bazar 62

A Kashgar Grandmother 64

Priest at the Temple of Pan Chao 67

Kashgar City (showing the city wall and Tuman Su) 68

Women at the Shrine of Hazrat Apak 69

Chinese Soldiers at the Kashgar Yamen 74

Jafar Bai displaying the Visiting Card 77

Study of Kashgar Women 82

Ruins of the Buddhist _Tim_, Kashgar 85

The Shrine of Bibi Anna 93

Fording the Gez River 109

Kirghiz Women in Gala Dress 118

Loading up the Yaks 124

Bringing in an _Ovis Poli_ (Nadir with rifle) 146

(_a_) The Game of _Baigu_--the Mêlée 150

(_b_) The Game of _Baigu_--the Pick-up 150

(_c_) The Game of _Baigu_--the Victor 150

Nasir Ali Khan, a _Muki_ of Sarikol 156

Sarikoli Dancers 158

Muztagh Ata--The Snout of a Glacier 162

A Kirghiz and his Daughter 164

Kashgar Musicians 170

Our _Arabas_ on the Yarkand Road 176

A Hunting Eagle 182

Ferry on the Yarkand River 192

The Pigeon Shrine 206

Beggars at the Gate 212

A Dulani _Shaykh_ 222

Dulani Musicians 224

A Dulani Woman and her Son 226

The Tian Shan or Celestial Mountains 236

The Tungani Commander of the Troops at Khotan 242

Tamerlane 268

A Load of Clover from Isa _Haji’s_ Farm 302

The Sons of Isa _Haji_ ploughing 304

A Magician and his Disciple 314

A Kashgar School 316

A Woman throwing Mud to effect a Cure 320

_Ovis Poli_--the 51-inch head 328

Hunting-Dogs with Kirghiz owner 330

MAPS

Supplementary Sketch Map showing Country to the East of Route Map 275

Map to illustrate Authors’ Routes (_In pocket at end of volume_)

ERRATUM

Page 134, line 22, _for_ “there was no sign of a division” _read_ “it was broken up into islands.”

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