Part 57

Sable, rarity of the, 157; hunting the, 161.

Sahara, the, 326.

Salt-steppes, 90, 98.

Salt’s antelope, 223.

Samoyedes, 417, 440.

Sand-grouse of the desert, 334, 570.

Scandinavia, ancient legend concerning, 33; general aspect of the land, 34; its fjords, 35; islands and skerries, 37; fisheries, 38; bird-bergs, 40, 51.

Schlangenberg or Snakemount, 107, 129, 157, 408.

Schohazen or Catholic Servians, 555.

Sea-birds, habits of, 39; value of their eggs and flesh as food, 48.

Sea-eagle hunting in Hungary, 548.

Seal, migrations of the, 250, 580.

Secretary-bird, 184, 187.

Serfdom, abolition of, 512.

Shaman or Ostiak priest, 445, 585.

Sheep of the Kirghiz, 464.

Shendy, massacre at, 371; Nubians defeated at, 373.

Shrikes, different notes of male and female, 216.

Siberia, false ideas concerning, 120; its vast forests, 121; forest-fires, 123; limited variety of trees, 127; difficulty of traversing the primeval forests, 130; their desolateness, 131; uncertainty of finding game, 132; Siberian methods of hunting, 135; the trade in furs and birds’ skins, 135, 573; game animals of the forests, 136; hunting of game birds, 140, and of big and smaller game, 144.

Siberia, Journey in, 390; travelling in winter, 391; from Europe into Asia, 394; Western Siberia reached, 395; Russian hospitality, 395; a great hunting expedition, 397; entertained by a Chinese mandarin, 399; a horrible massacre, 401; at the Irtish river, 404; in the Altai Mountains, 404; camp-life with a Russian general, 405; summer scene in the Altai, 406; a voyage on the great river Obi, 408; an unfortunate exploring expedition, 411; ravages of disease, 412, 414; the return home, 415.

Simoom, the, 171, 348.

Skua in the tundra, 79.

Sky-goat, 103, 570.

Souslik, the, 108, 237, 407.

Spiders and scorpions in a night-camp, 178.

Splenic fever, ravages of, 412, 584.

Springbok, flight of the, 257; 580.

Spring-gun of the Ostiaks and Samoyedes, 139.