Lan.—­A weight of silver or gold equivalent to about one-eleventh of a
Russian pound, or 9/110ths of a pound avoirdupois.

Lanhon.—­A round bottle of clay.

Maramba.—­A doctor of theology.

Merin.—­The civil chief of police in every district of the Soyot country in Urianhai.

“Om!  Mani padme Hung!".—­“Om” has two meanings.  It is the name of the first Goro and also means:  “Hail!” In this connection:  “Hail!  Great Lama in the Lotus Flower!”

Mende.—­Soyot greeting—­“Good Day.”

Nagan-hushun.—­A Chinese vegetable garden or enclosure in Mongolia.

Naida.—­A form of fire used by Siberian woodsmen.

Noyon.—­A Prince or Khan.  In polite address:  “Chief,” “Excellency.”

Obo.—­The sacred and propitiatory signs in all the dangerous places in
Urianhai and Mongolia.

Olets.—­Vid:  Kalmuck.

Om.—­The name of the first Goro (q.v.) and also of the mysterious, magic science of the Subterranean State.  It means, also:  “Hail!”

Orochons.—­A Mongolian tribe, living near the shores of the Amur River in Siberia.

Oulatchen.—­The guard for the post horses; official guide.

Ourton.—­A post station, where the travelers change horses and oulatchens.

Pandita.—­The high rank of Buddhist monks.

Panti.—­Deer horns in the velvet, highly prized as a Tibetan and Chinese medicine.

Pogrom.—­A wholesale slaughter of unarmed people; a massacre.

Paspa.—­The founder of the Yellow Sect, predominating now in the Lamaite faith.

Sait.—­A Mongolian governor.

Salga.—­A sand partridge.

Sayn.—­“Good day!” “Good morning!” “Good evening!” All right; good.

Taiga.—­A Siberian word for forest.

Taimen.—­A species of big trout, reaching 120 pounds.

Ta Lama.—­Literally:  “the great priest,” but it means now “a doctor of medicine.”

Tashur.—­A strong bamboo stick.

Turpan.—­The red wild goose or Lama-goose.

Tzagan.—­White.

Tzara.—­A document, giving the right to receive horses and oulatchens at the post stations.

Tsirik.—­Mongolian soldiers mobilized by levy.

Tzuren.—­A doctor-poisoner.

Ulan.—­Red.

Urga.—­The name of the capital of Mongolia; (2) a kind of Mongolian lasso.

Vatannen.—­The language of the Subterranean State of the King of the
World.

Wapiti.—­The American elk.

Yurta.—­The common Mongolian tent or house, made of felt.

Zahachine.—­A West Mongolian wandering tribe.

Zaberega.—­The ice-mountains formed along the shores of a river in spring.

Zikkurat.—­A high tower of Babylonish style.