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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