XXXVII.—OF THE PROVINCE OF PEIN 191
NOTES.—1. _Position of Pein_ (App. L. 6.) 2. _The_ Yu _or
Jade._ 3. _Temporary marriages._
XXXVIII.—OF THE PROVINCE OF CHARCHAN 194
NOTE.—_Position of Charchan and Lop._
XXXIX.—OF THE CITY OF LOP, AND THE GREAT DESERT 196
NOTES.—1. _Geographical discrepancy._ 2. _Superstitions
as to Deserts: their wide diffusion. The Sound of
Drums on certain sandy acclivities._ 3. _Sha-chau to
Lob-nor._
XL.—CONCERNING THE GREAT PROVINCE OF TANGUT 203
NOTES.—1. _Tangut._ 2. _Buddhism encountered here._ 3.
_Kalmak superstition, the “|Heaven’s Ram|.”_ 4.
_Chinese customs described here._ 5. _Mongol disposal
of the Dead._ 6. _Superstitious practice of avoiding
to carry out the dead by the house-door; its wide
diffusion._
XLI.—OF THE PROVINCE OF CAMUL 209
NOTES.—1. _Kamul._ 2. _Character of the people._ 3.
_Shameless custom._ 4. _Parallel._
XLII.—OF THE PROVINCE OF CHINGINTALAS 212
NOTES.—1. _The Country intended._ 2. _Ondanique._ 3.
_Asbestos Mountain._ 4. _The four elements._ 5 and 6.
_The Story of the Salamander. Asbestos fabrics._
XLIII.—OF THE PROVINCE OF SUKCHUR 217
NOTES.—1. _Explanatory._ 2. _The City of Suhchau._ 3.
_Rhubarb country._ 4. _Poisonous pasture._
XLIV.—OF THE CITY OF CAMPICHU 219
NOTES.—1. _The City of Kanchau._ 2. _Recumbent Buddhas._ 3.
_Buddhist Days of Special Worship._ 4. _Matrimonial
Customs._ 5. _Textual._
XLV.—OF THE CITY OF ETZINA 223
NOTES.—1. _Position of Yetsina._ 2. _Textual._ 3. _The Wild
Ass of Mongolia._
XLVI.—OF THE CITY OF CARACORON 226
NOTES.—1. _Karakorum._ 2. _Tartar._ 3. _Chorcha._