tribe of Tartars, living on both sides of the river Irtis. They seem to derive their name from the Barabaian desert, 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 daily gains ground among them. Some of them pay tribute to the emperors of Kufia, and others to the Khan Taisha.