LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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The “Biscaya” leaving Blackwall	1
Preparations for the Arctic Regions	To face 8
A “Dead Reckoning” in the Kara Sea	10
Our Ice-master, Captain Crowther	13
Clearing the Drift Ice from the Propeller	16
The Home of the Walrus-hunter	20
The “Biscaya” Ice-bound in the Kara Sea	To face 24
After Seals	25
“One Speck of Life in the Ice-bound Waste”	27
The Handsomest Member of his Family	33
Samoyede Boatmen	To face 34
Karaoul	36
The Samoyede’s Grave	39
A Samoyede Lady	40
Transhipment of our Cargo to the “Phœnix”	43
Our Custom-House Officer	48
Kasanskoi	50
Trader’s House at Kasanskoi	50
Mine Host at Kasanskoi	51
Sweet Seventeen	53
A Home in Northern Siberia: The Morning Meal	To face 54
Materfamilias	55
Temporary Farmyard on one of the Barges	To face 57
Tea-time at the Men’s Quarters on Shore	57
Cossacks	58
A House-boat	60
The “Phœnix”	To face 61
Loading Wood for the “Phœnix”	” 66
Difficult Navigation	70
Selivanaka	To face 78
The Principal Thoroughfare, Turuchansk	80
Our First Visit from Official Russia	To face 83
Werchneimbackskoi	”83
Interested Observers	83
The Russian Police Officer	To face 84
The Village Priest	85
A Village Boat	88
A River Pilot	89
The River Yenisei at Worogoro	To face 90
Storing the Winter Forage: a Village Scene on the Yenisei	To face 96
Yeniseisk	97
Peasant Woman	101
In the Market-place, Yeniseisk	To face 101
A Prison Beauty	107
The Governor visiting the Men’s Prison, Yeniseisk	To face 109
The Murderers’ Department, Yeniseisk Prison	111
The Governor visiting the Women’s Prison, Yeniseisk	To face 112
Criminal Prisoners waiting at Yeniseisk for Convoy to start for Krasnoiarsk	To face 113
Street Scene, Yeniseisk	117
A Water-carrier	118
Getting Water from the Frozen River Yenisei	To face 118
The High Street, Yeniseisk	”118
A Swell	119
The Two Collegiate Schools, Yeniseisk	To face 120
Life in Siberia: An Afternoon Drive in Yeniseisk	”121
Ready to Start	123
“Good-bye”	126
In the Meat Market, Krasnoiarsk	131
A Typical Siberian Interior, Krasnoiarsk	132
Snow Scavenger, Krasnoiarsk	To face 133
The Cathedral, Krasnoiarsk	134
A Convoy of Prisoners on the March (Enlargement from an Instantaneous Kodak Photo)	To face 138
Prisoners unloading Sledges on Arrival at Perasilny, Krasnoiarsk	To face 140
Verification of Prisoners on Arrival at Perasilny, Krasnoiarsk	To face 141
The Staroster of the Gang	142
Group of Prisoners (from a Government Photo)	144
A “Priviligiert,” or Privileged Prisoner	148
Peasant Women selling Provisions to Prisoners	149
Watchman on Duty in Fire Tower, Krasnoiarsk	To face 155
My Servant	156
Arrival at a Post Station	164
Interior of a Post-house	To face 166
The Imperial Mail	”173
Irkutsk	180
The Moskovskaia Podvorié, Irkutsk	To face 180
An Irkutsk Beauty	185
Entrance Hall of Millionaire Gold-mine Owner’s House, Irkutsk	186
Street Scene, Irkutsk	188
A Cossack	To face 190
An Irkutsk Policeman	”191
The Museum, Irkutsk	191
The Recreation Ground, Irkutsk Prison	192
Married Prisoners waiting to be served with New Clothes on Arrival at Prison, Irkutsk	To face 193
The Prison Artist	”196
The Baroness	201
A “Political” (from a Government Photo)	To face 205
“Sweethearts and Wives:” Visiting-Day in the Irkutsk Prison	To face 206
Autograph Letter from the Baroness	”207
The High Street, Irkutsk	208
In the Courtyard of a Fire Station, Irkutsk	215
The Governor-General’s House, Irkutsk	218
Street Scene, Irkutsk	220
A Bit on the Road to Lake Baikal	221
The River Angara near Lake Baikal	225
Liestvinitz, on Lake Baikal	229
A Lake Baikal Steamer	231
Crossing Lake Baikal	233
The Kupetski Track	235
A Post-house on the Kupetski Track	238
A Tea Cart	240
Day-dreams: A Sketch in the Trans-Baikal	To face 242
The High Street, Troitzkosavsk	”245
My First Glimpse of Mongolia	”246
A Bourriate Lady	247
Sketch by a Political Prisoner, made whilst on the March across Siberia (the Original is in Sepia and White)	To face 248
On the Road to Ourga	249
A Mongol Yourt	253
A Mongol	254
Our Midday Halt	260
A Street Musician, Ourga	272
The Principal Thoroughfare, Ourga	To face 273
A Pilgrim from Thibet	277
A Lama	281
A Prayer-wheel, Ourga	283
Prayer-boards, Ourga	284
“The Old, Old Story all the World over”	To face 286
In the Camel and Pony Bazaar, Ourga	”293
In the Bazaar, Ourga	”294
The Punishment of the “Cargue:” A Sketch outside the Prison, Ourga	To face 295
An Ourga Beauty	”299
In the Gobi Desert	301
My Camel-cart	To face 303
Mongol conveying the Russian Light Mail across the Gobi Desert	To face 306
The Midday Halt in the Desert	309
My Caravan in the Desert (from a Kodak Photo)	313
We meet the Homeward-bound Mail	314
The Lama Settlement of Tcho-Iyr in the Gobi Desert	315
I take Tea with a Lama in the Gobi Desert	To face 316
The Russian Post-station in Mid-desert	318
In the Gobi Desert: A Tea Caravan on its Way to Siberia (from a Kodak Photo)	320
In the Gobi Desert: Lady Visitors to our Encampment	To face 323
“Ye Gentle Shepherdess of ye Steppe”	”324
Street Scene, Yambooshan (showing the “Great Wall” on Mountain in Background)	To face 332
My Mule-litter	”338
The Courtyard of a Chinese Inn	341
A “Room” in a Chinese Inn	343
A Nasty Bit of Road	To face 346
The Great Wall of China at the entrance to Nankaou Pass	To face 348
Street Scene, Tartar City, Peking	356
Chinese Revenue Cruisers in Hong Kong Roadstead (from a Photo given by Sir Robert Hart)	To face 363
Sir Robert Hart, G.C.M.G., in his “Den” at Peking	To face 366
My House-boat	375
Shanghai	380