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GLOSSARY
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.
