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" , caution in buying at, 133
" , fascination of, 112
" , ways of, 109, 110

Auctioneer, 109, 110
" , powers of, 111-113

Authorities, few available, 4

Babylon, first rugs woven at, 69

Bale, rugs by, 108, 109

Bead-bags, 23

Beluchistan rugs, 83
" " , silkiness of, 54

Bergama rugs, 75
" " , defect of, 76
" " , lavender in, 75

Bokhara camel-bags, 99
" rugs, 80
" " , brown, 81
" " , Yamoud, 82
" saddle-bags, crooked, desirable, 100

Border, Caucasian, Persian, 23
" , classifying rugs, 27, 28
" , crab, 29, 30
" , dotted, Gheordez, 71
" , Koulah, 27, 72
" , Ladik, lily, 25, 72
" , must have end to correspond, 136
" , Rhodian or lily, 25, 72
" , Serabend, 29, 50
" " , in Mousuls, 53

Borders in Khorassan rugs, defective, 49

Camel-bags, 99
" " , crooked, desirable, 100

Camel's hair in rugs, 131

Cashmere, _see_ Soumac

Carpet, 93
" , room should fit, 94

Carpet-bag, 100, 101

Carpets, modern Persian, 94-98
" " Turkish, 97, 98

Caucasian rugs, characteristics of, 62
" " , Persian influence on, 61
" " , varieties of, 16

Chichi rugs, 61, 62
" " , ordinary specimens of, 66

Chinese figures in Melez rugs, 75
" old, rugs, 88, 89
" weaving transferred to Persia, 69

China, first rugs from, 69

Collector encouraged, 76

Colours, brown, to be rejected, 81
" , chemical in carpets, 95
" , dark, of Beluchistans, 83
" , flaming red, of Karabaghs, 64
" , green and yellow, in Bokharas, 82
" , lavender, heliotrope, &c., 75
" , magenta, to be avoided, 75, 87
" of Beluchistans, 83
" " Bergamas, 75
" " Ladiks, 72
" " Gheordez, 70, 71
" , red, of Bokharas, 80, 81

Comb, as symbol, 135

Cossack, like Kazak, 65

Crooked rugs, poetical version of, 21

Daghestan, confusing term, 61, 62
" rugs, 61
" " , term distinguished, 63

Dates on rugs, 124, 127
" " " , Arabian digits for, 124
" " " , formula for reading, 126
" " " , intricate forms of, 125

Dealers, uncommunicative, 2
" , wholesale, 108

Design, checker-board, 75, 76
" , comb, 135