GLOSSARY

Agronome.—­Russian for trained agriculturalist.

Amour sayn.—­Good-bye.

Ataman.—­Headman or chief of the Cossacks.

Bandi.—­Pupil or student of theological school in the Buddhist faith.

Buriat.—­The most civilized Mongol tribe, living in the valley of the
Selenga in Transbaikalia.

Chahars.—­A warlike Mongolian tribe living along the Great Wall of China in Inner Mongolia.

Chaidje.—­A high Lamaite priest, but not an incarnate god.

Cheka.—­The Bolshevik Counter-Revolutionary Committee, the most relentless establishment of the Bolsheviki, organized for the persecution of the enemies of the Communistic government in Russia.

Chiang Chun.—­Chinese for “General”—­Chief of all Chinese troops in
Mongolia.

Dalai Lama.—­The first and highest Pontiff of the Lamaite or “Yellow
Faith,” living at Lhasa in Tibet.

Djungar.—­A West Mongolian tribe.

Dugun.—­Chinese commercial and military post.

Dzuk.—­Lie down!

Fang-tzu.—­Chinese for “house.”

Fatil.—­A very rare and precious root much prized in Chinese and Tibetan medicines.

Felcher.—­Assistant of a doctor (surgeon).

Gelong.—­Lamaite priest having the right to offer sacrifices to God.

Getul.—­The third rank in the Lamaite monks.

Goro.—­The high priest of the King of the World.

Hatyk.—­An oblong piece of blue (or yellow) silk cloth, presented to honored guests, chiefs, Lamas and gods.  Also a kind of coin, worth from 25 to 50 cents.

Hong.—­A Chinese mercantile establishment.

Hun.—­The lowest rank of princes.

Hunghutze.—­Chinese brigand.

Hushun.—­A fenced enclosure, containing the houses, paddocks, stores, stables, etc., of Russian Cossacks in Mongolia.

Hutuktu.—­The highest rank of Lamaite monks; the form of any incarnated god; holy.

Imouran.—­A small rodent like a gopher.

Izubr.—­The American elk.

Kabarga.—­The musk antelope.

Kalmuck.—­A Mongolian tribe, which migrated from Mongolia under Jenghiz Khan (where they were known as the Olets or Eleuths), and now live in the Urals and on the shores of the Volga in Russia.

Kanpo.—­The abbot of a Lamaite monastery, a monk; also the first rank of “white” clergy (not monks).

Kanpo-Gelong.—­The highest rank of Gelongs (q.v.); an honorary title.

Karma.—­The Buddhist materialization of the idea of Fate, a parallel with the Greek and Roman Nemesis (Justice).

Khan.—­A king.

Khayrus.—­A kind of trout.

Khirghiz.—­The great Mongol nation living between the river Irtish in western Siberia, Lake Balhash and the Volga in Russia.

Kuropatka.—­A partridge.

Lama.—­The common name for a Lamaite priest.