INDEX.

A
Aalesund, 6
Accident on Great Post Road, 176
Angara river, 178, 224
navigation of, 227
Siberiakoff’s scheme for its navigation, 226
“Angliski Boxe,” 268
April 8, 1891, 264
“At homes” at Lady Walsham’s, 358
B
Bear-hunting, 95
Biscaya, the steamship, 2
good-bye to the, 59
in the ice, 16
our party on board, 3
and Thule, departure of, 60
Botoiskaya, 158
Bradiagga, 170
“Brick” tea, 290
C
Camel-cart, 303
Camels, 304
Cape Flyaway, 11
Capital punishment, 144
“Chaman” stone, the, 228
China, over-population, 325
Chinese cities, 340
cooking, 343
house-boat, 374
inns, 340
inn, room in, 342
vodka, 343
women, small feet of, 325
Cold, 161
Cold, first touch of, 96
“Convict’s word,” 199
Crowther, our ice-master, 12
Czar’s birthday, celebration of, in Irkutsk, 219
D
Dogger Bank, 4
Dogs, native, 79
Dudinskoi, 64
E
Eclipse of the moon, 327
Englishman in North China, 345
Exciting incident, 261
F
Flies, 349
Forest track, 167
Forests of Northern Siberia, 69
Foxes, white, 64
G
Gobi Desert, early morning in, 308
first glimpse of, 313
Holfer-Sum, 324
meets homeward-bound mail in, 314
Lama settlement of Tcho-Iyr, 315
Mongol food, 311
my American cooking-stove, 303
post station in mid-desert, 321
preparations for, 302
prevalent wind in, 318
sport in, 319
the noonday halt, 309
Tola river, 312
water in, 310
Golchika, 32
to Karaoul, 34
Great Wall of China, 347
the “First Parallel,” 333
H
Hart, Sir Robert, interview with, 359
Highway robbery, 160
Holidays in Siberia, 217
I
Inquest, 84
Irkutsk, arrival at, 179
a ball at M. de Sievers, 187
amusements, 217
cost of living in, 219
fire brigade, 215
foundling hospital, 212
garrison of, 190
Moskovskaia Podvorié, 180
museum, 216
police, 190
prison, 192
artists, 196
criminal madhouse, 203
incongruities of, 194
internal arrangements of, 193
I paint a picture in, 206
political prisoners, 205
solitary cells, 204
the baroness, 200
last interview with, 207
workshops, 194
prisoners, outdoor employment of, 198
public institutions, 188
society, 184
telephones and telegraphs, 216
the Bolshoi Oulitza, 183
the gold industry, 209
to Kiakhta, my preparation for journey, 223
unpleasant experiences, 181
K
Kalgan, 331
American missionaries, 335
impressions of, 334
Kamin pass, 88
Kansk, 165
Karaoul, 35
the chief inhabitant of, 37
Kara Sea, curio-hunting, 21
entrance to, 15
ice-bound in the, 24
icefields in, 17
its deadly silence, 27
seal-shooting, 25
the captain’s polar bear in the, 29
the walrus-hunters, 20
thickness of the ice, 28
twilight in, 20
Kasanskoi, my first visit to, 49
trader’s house at, 50
departure from, 61
Khabarova, the hamlet of, 14
Kiakhta, arrival at, 244
departure for, 223
departure from, 250
to Ourga, my preparations for journey, 249
Kolguier Island, 11
Koutoulik, 165
waiting-room in post-house, 175
Krasnoiarsk, departure for, 124
a convoy of prisoners on the road to, 138
a Priviligiert prisoner, 118
arrival at, 130
cigarette-making in, prison, 149
courtyard of perasilny, 146
criminal exiles, 134
fire-towers, 155
hotel at, 130
incident at fancy dress ball, 152
interior of perasilny, 147
Jewish and Mohammedan prisoners, 140
local malefactors, 153
married prisoners’ quarters in perasilny, 147
political exiles, 151
Priviligierts criminals, 136
scene outside prison, 149
society, 132
the market place, 131
the night refuge, 153
the perasilny of, 141
the theatre, 155
verification of prisoners, 145
departure from, 157
“Kupetski track,” 236
incidents on, 237
L
Lake Baikal, 230
first view of, 229
the road across, on the ice, 232
transparency of ice, 233
Landor, Mr. Savage, 373
Lee, Mr. Charles, 182, 227
Mr. George, death of, 71
Lhassa, 277
Liestvinitz, 230
Lofoden Islands, 7
M
Mail courier, 173
Manhati Pass, 266
Matwieff, my servant, 157
Maimachin, 250
Midnight sun, 8
Mirage on the Yenisei river, 46
Mongol farmyard, 258
hair-dressing, 255
Mongolia, currency of, 289
Russian influence in, 296
Mongolian camels, 305
Mongols, 255
Moufshkaya, 234
Mountains of North China, 328
Mule-litter, 337
Mules, 337
N
Nankaou Pass, 347
Nasymovo, 95
Nijni Udinsk, 165
North Cape, 8
O
Official Russia, first visit from, 83
Oka river, 175
Ostiaks, 77
Ourga, my arrival at, 271
absence of beggars, 286
a mad dog, 288
an impromptu “interview,” 279
disposal of the dead, 289
dogs, 286
festival of the Maidha, 297
first impressions of, 273
Lamas, 281
Mr. Feodroff, 274
prayer-boards, 284
prayer-flags, 285
prayer-wheels, 282
religious fervour of the Mongols, 282
the bazaar, 292
the “Bogdor,” 275
the figure of the Maidha, 276
the “old, old story,” 299
the pony and camel market, 293
the Russian Consulate, 273
watchmen, 295
departure from, 308
P
Peiho river, 374
Peking, departure from, 374
entrance to, 351
exciting times, 354
sketching in, 371
street scenes, 357
the British Legation, 354
the hotel, 353
Phœnix, arrival of, 42
cabin of, 45
her crew, 43
springs a leak, 67
Political exiles at Kiakhta, 247
R
Russian cooking, our first taste of, 44
custom-house officer, 48
heavy mail, caravan of, 305
the two Cossacks with, 306
hospitality, my first experience of, 54
Imperial Mail, 173
light mail in the Gobi, 305
Russian police officer, 84
Russo-Chinese frontier, 250
S
Saham Balhousar, 324
departure from, 326
Samovars, 168
Samoyede grave, 38
hut, 40
Samoyedes at Golchika, 33
Seagulls, 77
Selenga river, 242
exciting incident on, 243
Selivanaka, 77
Shanghai, arrival at, 379
Tientsin to, 379
Siberia, first glimpse of, 12
Sin Fou Fou, 339
Sketching at Kasanskoi, 52
Skopti, 77
Snow ridges, 159
Sotnikoff, Mr., a visit to, 75
Sledge-travelling, novelty of, 162
Sledging, 124
first experiences of, 129
on Great Post Road, 156
the cold, 129
the padarojna, 127
the post houses, 128
the widow, 125
Staroster of prisoners, 142
Steam-launch, expedition of our, 41
T
Tarantass, 239
Tchai Dar, 347
Tchien-Men gate, Peking, 351
Tea caravans, 160
with a Lama, 291
Thule, arrival of the, 56
Tientsin, arrival at, 378
Tiretskaya, 175
Touloung, 165, 174
Travellers, scarcity of, in Siberia, 173
Trees, northern limit of, 64
Troitzkosavsk, 245
Tundras, 38
of Northern Siberia, 47
Tungchow, 374
Turuchansk, 80
visit to the monastery, 81
V
Ventilation, 165
Village communes, 164
priest, 85
W
Walsham, Sir John, interview with, 355
Waygatch, the Straits of, 14
Werchneimbackskoi, 83
Wiggins’s expedition, 63
Wood, fuel on the Yenisei, 66
Worogoro, 90
the Tartar at, 91
Y
Yenisei river, proportions of, 62
Yeniseisk, arrival at, 96
amusements, 104
a visit to the men’s prison, 107
a visit to the women’s prison, 112
chat with political exile, 115
custom-house officials, 101
departure of criminals, 113
fire brigade, 118
first impressions of, 98
gold fields, 103
High Street, 120
houses, 119
my lodgings, 102
political exiles at, 114
shops, 101
society, 105
the hospital, 117
the market, 101
Yambooshan, arrival at, 330
Yourts, 252

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