a tribe of Tartars, living on both sides the river Iris. They seem to derive their name from the Barabaian defart, whose lakes supply them abundantly with fish, on which and their cattle they chiefly subsist. They have plenty of game and wild-fowl of every kind, particularly ducks and puffins. Most of them are heathens, but Mahometanism gradually gains ground among them. Some of them pay tribute to the Empress of Russia, and others to the Khan Taiha.