Index

A Abakum, Pass and Gorge of, 185, 186-7; advertisements in, 187 Africa taken by Attila, 48 Agriculturists, emigration of, 138 Alabaster Mosque, Cairo, 40 Alai Tau Mountains, 90 Alakul, Lake, 149 Alani, the, 47 Alexander of Macedon, 56 Alexander the Great, 44 Alexandrovsky Mountains, 90 Altai, Central, 218 et seq. Altai, flora of, 229 Altai Mountains, the, 8 Altaiskaya, 220, 228, 229 Altin-Emel, Government aid to emigrants, 150; the cross-roads for China, 173, 174 America—after the war, 265 Amu-Darya, 24 Anderson, Wm. C., an open letter to Lord Milner, 253-7 Anglo-Russian friendship, prospects of, 237 et seq. Antonovka, 94 Ants, ravages of, 129-130 Apples, the City of. (See Verney) Arabs and Semitic tribes, conquests of, 49 Arazan, dinner at, 184 Arbitration courts, 261 Arizona, 255 Artisans, emigration of, 140 Asbestos, the question of supply of, 246 Ascension Day, the Russian, 99 Asia, a former frontier of, 6; the deserts of, 17, 18 Askhabad, the railway station, 22; fall of, 65; extension of Central Asian Railway to, 68 Astrakhan, fall of, 64 Attila, Huns of, 48; conquests of, 48 Aulie Ata, captured by Russians, 64; a mysterious city, 101; a former Moslem shrine, 104; the native orchestra, 106; its cathedral, 113; sheep as payment, 114; frequency of earthquakes in, 114; population of, 123 Australia, irrigation possibilities in, 255; railway system of, 259; military service compulsory in, 259, 261; federation of, 261; the Press of, 261 B Bactrain labourers, 19 Baku, 10; the bazaar, 11; the harbour, 12 Balkan war: the St. James’s Conference, 213 Balkans, the, 18 Balkhash, Lake, 149, 203 Balta, 3 Baltic, islands of, conquered by Attila, 48 Barber, a Sart, 181 Barber-photographer, a, 97 Baskau, River, 189 Beaconsfield, Lord, and the “keys of India,” 237 Belukha, Mount, 228 Bibi Khanum, wife of Tamerlane the Great, 51 Bielovodsk, 122 Blagoveshtchensk, Siberians versus Chinese, 171 Bobrovo, 229 Bokhara, Ancient and New, 27 Bokhara, Russian Protectorate of, 25, 66; absence of hotels in, 27; scenes in, 27; a Mohammedan settlement in, 27; houses, shops, and bazaars of, 28; its silver coinage, 29; the sacred stork of, 31; Russia’s hold on, 32; power of Mohammedanism in, 35 et seq.; Uzbeks in, 63; the Central Asian Railway and, 69 Bokharese, the, 31-2; and the battle of Irdzhar, 65 Bokharese delight, 29 Boxer insurrection, the, 171 Bozhe-Narimsky, 218, 220 Brisbane, the, a poem on launch of, 262-3 British Empire, the, necessity for consolidation of, 245-6; white population in, 249, 269; after-the-war problems, 249 et seq.; and the Russian Empire, 249-270; expert development of resources necessary, 256; a Tasmanian view of future problems of, 258-262 British Isles, the, after the war, 265 Buddhism, attempted introduction of, into Central Asia, 49 Bulgaria, alienation of, by Britain, 213 Burnaby’s “Ride to Khiva,” 239 C Cabbage pies, 8 Cairo, 40 California, 255 Camel-breeding, Kirghiz women and, 219 Canada, comparison with Siberia, 208-9; suggested after-the-war measures for, 254; aliens in, 264 Carlyle, Thomas: “Heroes and Hero-Worship,” 37-9; his pro-Russian proclivities, 239 Carpet-making in Transcaspia, 33 Caspian Sea, the, 10 Caucasians, author’s impression of, 5 Caucasus, the, future development of, 5 Central Asia, ethnology and, 44; races of, 44 et seq.; Chinese attempt the introduction of Buddhism, 49 Central Asian Railway, building of, 66, 68, 69; consecration of, 69 Cervus canadensis asiaticus. (See Maral) Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph, 251 Charchafs, 26, 28 Chardzhui, 25; extension of Central Asian Railway to, 69 Cheesecakes, sweet, 8 Cherkask, 197 Chimkent, Russian capture of, 64; the cinema at, 86; the bazaar, 87; population of, 123 China attacked by the Huns, 45-6; the Great Wall of, 46; Russians in, 70; the Boxer insurrection, 171; land proportional to population in, 268 Chinatown, New York, 26 Chinawomen and maral horn, 220 Chinese, altruistic, 176, 182; a native circus, 176 et seq. Chinese Tartary, 8; Mohammedans, 36, 164 Chingildinsky, 165 Chingiz Khan, 49-50 Christianity versus Mohammedanism, 37 et seq. Chugachak, 182 Churek-cakes, 29 Cinema theatres, popularity of, 61, 86, 104, 159, 211 Colonial preference, question of, 245 Colonials, British admiration for, 267 “Commonwealth, Prospect of a,” 249 (note) Confederation of the Round Table, the, 249 Constantinople, Germany and, 242; Dostoieffsky on, 242; and the Great War, 243 Constantinovka, 132 Cornucula, 95 Cotton goods, 206-7 Crooke, William, letter to author, 258-262 Curzon, Earl, 237 D Danchenko, Namirovitch, on Russian conquest of India, 238 Dariel, Gorge of, 5; the “Kremlin” of, 7 De Vesselitsky, M., 208 Deer-farming, 219 et seq. Dengil-Tepe taken by Kuropatkin, 65 Denmark, conquest of, by Attila, 48 Derevnyi, 122 Desert, the, railways in, 17; wheatfields in, 19, 20; antiquity of, 20; its flora, 20 Dockers, Persian, 12 Dolinadalin, 3 Dostoieffsky, Fedor, 210; on Russia’s demand for Constantinople, 242 Dukhobors in Canada, 264 Duncani, the, 36 Dunkan, a, 120 E Earthquakes, frequency of, 57, 114, 156 Egypt, the shepherd dynasty of, 44 Electricity, a Caucasian contract for, 4 Emigrants, house-building by, 153-4; a suggested export tax on, 259 Emigration, compulsory, 260 Emigration, Russian, 138 et seq.; inducements for, 141; restrictions concerning, 142; concessions on rail and steamer, 144 et seq. England and India, 241 England and Russia: the question of India, 241-4; rivalry of empire, 244-6; the trade treaty, 246-7; the basis of friendship, 247-8 English, uneasiness of, at Russian progress, 66, 245 Ethnology and Central Asia, 44 Europe, after-the-war prospects of, 249 et seq. F Factory hands, emigration of, 140 Falanga, hairy-legged, 116 Falconry, the Kirghiz knowledge of, 200 Falcons in Bokhara, 29 Fatalism, Mohammedanism and, 42 Ferghan, grants in aid of emigration to, 152 Flint-hunting in the Caucasus, 5, 6 Fortoug, 3 Froude as pro-Russian, 239 G Gavrilovka, 175 Geok-Tepe, 21; the railway station of, 21; storming of, 68 Georgians, 4, 16 Germany, conquered by Attila, 48; preparations for Great War in, 214; an enemy of Anglo-Russian friendship, 239; and Constantinople, 242; white population in, 249 Gimnasistki, 214 Gladstone, Right Hon, W. E., a pro-Russian, 239 Goths, the, 47, 48 Great War, the, Germany’s ambitions, 67; reception of news of declaration of war at Semipalatinsk, 213; Germany’s preparations for, 214; England’s unpreparedness for, 231 Gregoriefsky, 197 Grosnoe, 99 Grozdny, 10 Gusinaya Pristan, 216 H Hassan, Sultan, Mosque of, 40 Havana cigars in Kopal, 182 Huns, the, 45, 46 et seq.; of Attila, 48; Mongolian, 49 Hydrotechnics, Russian, 190, 193 et seq. I Ikons, Russian, 10 Ili, River, 149, 164 Ili, valley of the, 162 Iliisk, 163 Imperial commission for after-the-war problems, an, 266 Ince-Agatch, 204 India and Russia, 237 et seq.; Namirovitch Danchenko on Russian conquest of, 238; fear of Russian designs on, by British politicians, 241-2; the overland route to, 243; overcrowding in, 268 Indian frontier, the, 8 Indians, the, 44 Irdzhar, battle of, 65 Irrigation, artificial, in the desert, 20; engineering students, 190, 193 et seq. Irtish River, 211 et seq. Issik-Kul, Lake, 149 J Jaiman Terekti, 189 Jangiz-Agatch, 175 Jarasai, 160 Jarkent, a jurisdiction of Seven Rivers Province, 148; rice-growing in, 149; Government aid to emigrants to, 150 Jerakhof, Gorge of, 3 “Jericho, trumpets of,” 106 K Kabul Sai, 74 Kalmeeks, the, 46, 221 Karabulak, 175 Karachok, 168 Karakirghiz, the, 63 Kara-Kum, desert of, 24 Karakurt, the, 116, 162 Karasbi, 160 Katun-Karagai, 220 Kaufmann, General von, 62 Kazan, fall of, 64 Kazanskaya Bogoroditsa, 132 Kazbek mountain and Prometheus, 7 Khalati, 19 Khodoki, 124, 136, 137, 142, 143, 144, 152 Khodzkent captured by Russians, 65 Khosaïn Tereka, 4 Khiva, 44; Uzbeks in, 63; under Russian protection, 66 Kief, University of, student life at, 125 Kinglake: his pro-Russian sympathies, 239 Kirghiz, the, 19, 45, 46, 74 et seq., 116, 221; become Russian subjects, 65; their system of pecunia, 114; skill at falconry, 200; relieved of military service, 208 Kirghiz Cossacks, the, 63-4; women, description of, 83-4; wedding, 168; banquet, 191, 192; women and camel-breeding, 219 Kizil Arvat, 68 Kok-sa River, 175 Kokand, 63; Uzbeks of, defeated by Russians, 64 Kopal, population of, 123; a jurisdiction of Seven Rivers Province, 148; a walk to, 173; author’s arrival at, 175; a quaint clock at, 176; visit to a Chinese circus, 176-181; altruistic Chinamen, 182; boundary of, 182; facilities to sportsmen, 182 Koran, the, Carlyle and, 41 Kosh Agatch, 218 Kosuli, 116 Koumis, 80, 81, 86, 199 Krasnovodsk, 10, 15 et seq.; a Georgian host in, 16; siege of, 65 Kruglenkoe, 174 Kuan-Kuza, 172, 173 Kugalinskaya, 174 Kugalinskaya Stanitsa, 174 Kurdai, 132 Kuropatkin, Colonel, 65 Kursistki, 214 L Labour question in England, the, 268 Larse, a night at an inn, 4-5 Lava-Khedei, mosque of, 34 Law, Mr. Bonar, 251-3, 266, 267, 268 Lepers, 129 Lepeshki, 19, 29, 130 Lepsa, the, 203 Lepsinsk, 148, 186, 188, 192; “removal” of, 193; the information bureau, 194; a Cossack settlement, 196 Lermontof’s “Demon”: scene of story of, 6 Lessovaya zemlya, the, 20 Liamin, M., 165-172 Lignitz, battle of, 50 Linbovinskaya, 132, 133 Lodz: its production of shoddy cotton, 206 “Lodzinsky,” definition of, 206 Ludzon, 225 M Mahomet, birth of, 49 Malo-Krasnoyarsk, 218 Maly Narimsky, 220 Mankent, 92 Maral, the country of the, 218 et seq. Maral deer horns, 219 et seq. Maralnik, cost of construction of a, 223 Mare’s milk. (See Koumis) Marlowe on Tamerlane the Great, 52 Mecca, Mohammedan pilgrimages to, 36 Medvedka, 220; a maral farm at, 222 Melba, Madame, 261 Merke, 117 Merv, fall of, 66; Central Asian Railway extended to, 69; annexation of, England’s attitude on, 237 Mesopotamia, a holy war in, 67 “Midsummer Night among the tent-dwellers,” 184 et seq. Milner, Lord, 253; an open letter to, 253-7 Mogul. (See Mongol) Mohammedanism and Mohammedan cities, 35 et seq.; Mecca pilgrimages, 36; Cairo, 40; the Koran, 41; fatalism and, 42; characteristics of, 42-3; birth of Mahomet, 49. (See also Bokhara) Mongolia, Russians in, 70 Mongolian brick tea, 198; Huns, 49 Mongols, the, 47 Moslem pilgrimages to Mecca, 36 N Narimsky Mountains, 218 Naturalisation, the question of, 260 Navy, the, necessity for increasing, 268 Nazimof, M., 126 et seq. Nevsky, Alexander, 63 Nikanorovitch, Mikhail, 223 et seq. Nikolaevski, 160 Nomadic tribes, 44 et seq. North Caucasian oilfields, 10 Northern Persia, Russians in, 70 Novy Troitsky, 122 O Oil region of the Caucasus, 10 Orenburg falls into Russian hands, 65 Osmanli, the, 46 Ossetines, 4, 5, 6, 47 Oxus, the, 24; a State service of steamers on, 69 P Pamir, 8, 63; grants to emigrants, 152 Passports, 15, 32 Pavlovska, Zoe, a pilgrimage to tomb of Bibi Khanum, 53-4 Paynim, the, 37 Pecunia, 114 Pekin, siege of, 50 Persia, roses in, 20 et seq.; its future, 243 Persian dockers, 12 Persians, the, 44, 45 Petrovsk, 10 Photographs and free shaves, 97 Pigs’ liver, black, 4 Pishpek, fall of, 64; population of, 123; a meeting with a Government topographer, 126; climate of, 128; skin disease in, 129; a jurisdiction of the Seven Rivers Province, 148; Government grants for emigrants, 150 Police, Russian, 177 Polovinka, 174 Porters, Russian, 11, 12 Proletkas, 27 Prometheus, legend of, 7 Przhevalsk, 148 R Railway concessions and fares for emigrants, 144 et seq. Railways, Russian, 17, 18, 56, 68 et seq., 244, 250, 268; scenes at stations, 19, 20; British distrust of Trans-Persian Railway, 243 Rice-growing, 149 “Ride to Khiva,” Burnaby’s, 239 River charges for emigrants, 147 Romanovskaya, 203 Rome burned by the Goths, 48; sacked by the Vandals, 48 Roses, Persian, 20 et seq. “Round Table,” the, 249 (note) Russia, English entente with, 8; railway systems of, 17, 18, 56, 68 et seq., 244, 250, 268; conquered by Attila, 48; rise of, 64 et seq.; colonisation of, 66 et seq., 70 et seq.; powers of chief of police in, 177; mobilisation of, 234; her possible designs on India, 237; future of her empire, 244 et seq.; exports of, 244-5; the question of a trade treaty, 247; the white population in, 249, 269 Russia and England: the question of India, 241-4; rivalry of Empire, 244-6; the trade treaty, 246-7; the basis of friendship, 247-8 Russia and India, and prospects of Anglo-Russian friendship, 237 et seq. Russian card games, 195; colonies: provinces open to colonisation, 138; information to intending colonists, 138; colonisation, 155; exports: the Tariff Reform view of, 245 Russian Central Asia, capital of, 57 et seq.; commercial travellers in, 123-4 Russian Empire, the, and the British Empire, 249-70 Russian Turkestan, Uzbeks in, 63 S St. James’s Conference, the, 213 Salt steppes, the, 10, 15, 17 Samarkand, the grave of Timour, 44; conquest of, 50; an impressionist poem on, 53; a Mohammedan centre, 55; foundation of, 56; Russian occupation of, 65; and the Central Asian Railway, 69; Government inducements to emigrants, 152 San Francisco, a Chinese underground city in, 171 Sandbanks, 18 Saracens, the, 47 Sarajevo tragedy, the, 212 Sarts, the, 26; in Samarkand, 56; natives of Tashkent, 59-60; their orchestra: music from 10-ft. horns, 106 Scandinavia, Attila’s conquest of, 48 Scythia, 45 Semipalatinsk, 207; Dostoieffsky in exile at, 210; shops of, 210-211; and the Sarajevo tragedy, 212-213 Semiretchenskaya Oblast. (See Seven Rivers Land) Semi-retchie, Northern, plain of, 186 Semitic tribes, with Arabs, conquer Persia, etc., 49 Serbia and the assassination of the Archduke of Austria, 212-213 Sergiopol, population of, 123; shops of, 205; a commercial traveller’s experiences in, 205-6 Seven Rivers Land, Russian penetration and occupation of, 64, 116, 148; fauna of, 116; its troika, 117 et seq.; climate of, 149; Government grants to emigrants, 141, 150; taxes, 151; military service, 151; timber, 151; cinema shows in, 159; the Pass and Gorge of Abakum, 185, 186-7 Shakespeare’s burlesque on Tamerlane the Great, 52 Shashleek, 105 Shaving extraordinary, 181-2 Sheep as payment for goods purchased, 114 Siberia, value of land in, 141; an old-established Russian colony, 207; compared with Canada, 208-9; population of, 209 Sirdaria, deserts of, 8; author at, 74; a Kirghiz settlement at, 75 et seq.; Government grants to emigrants, 152 Skobelef, General, reduces Geok-Tepe, 21; in Transcaspia, 65 Skobelef, the, 13 South Africa, irrigation possibilities in, 255 Southern Siberia, steppes of, 8 Spider, black, 116, 162 Stantsi, 122 Steamship service, a national, 268 Stewart, Mr., “Boss of the Terek,” 4 Storks in Bokhara, 31 Strikes in war time, 261 Suffragettes, Russian opinion of, 195 T Table Mountain, 3 Tadzhiks, the, 44 Talass, River, 113, 115 Tamara, 6 Tamara, Queen, castle of, 6 Tamerlane the Great, his conquests for Mohammedanism, 50; Emperor of Asia, 51, 63; Marlowe on, 52; conquest of India and Eastern Russia, 52 Tariff reform and Russian exports, 245 Tartars, enemies to Christians, 37; rising of the, 49 Tashkent, 57 et seq.; water-supply of, 57-8; muezzin towers of, 59; an exiled Grand Duke at, 60; schools, 60-1; cinema shows at, 61; Russian atmosphere of, 61-2; Kaufmann Square, 62; taken by Russians, 64 Tea, Russian and Indian, 158 Tea dust, solidified, 198 Tekintsi, the, headgear of, 19; a great fortress of, 21 Terek, River, 3 Terek, the “Boss” of, 4 Thian Shan Mountains, 162 Timour the Lame. (See Tamerlane the Great) Tokmak, fall of, 64 Tolstoy, 264 Transcaspia becomes a Russian province, 65 Trans-Ilian Alai Tau Mountains, 90 Trans-Persian Railway, the, 243 Tribes, mediæval history of, 44 et seq. Triple Entente, the, 8 Troika, the Russian, 117 et seq. Tsaritsinskaya, 175 Tulovka, 220 Turkestan, cosmopolitan, 22; four great cities of, 44; value of land in, 141; restrictions as to emigration, 142; demand for labour in, 152; grants in aid, 152 Turkish tribes, the chief, 46 Turkomans, dress of, 19; one of the chief Turkish tribes, 46 Turks, the, 46 U United Kingdom, the, overcrowding in, 268 United States, the, mixed races in, 249, 264; loss of British citizens to, 263 et seq. Ust-Kamennygorsk, 214 Uzbeks, the, 46; in Bokhara, Khiva, and Russian Turkestan, 63 V Valens, Emperor, 47 Vandals, the, 48 Vatrushki, 8 Verney, fall of, 64; population of, 123; a jurisdiction of the Seven Rivers Province, 148; rice-growing at, 149; Government grants, 150; capital of Seven Rivers, 156; its apples, 156; the High School, 157; German sausages in, 158; newspaper record of cinema shows, 158-9 Visokoe, 99 Vladikavkaz, the military road of, 2, 4 Vodka in Russian Central Asia, 86 Vsevolodovitch Yaroslaf, 63 W Wages boards, 261 Ward, Mrs. Humphry, 261 Wheatfields in the desert, 19, 20 Wimmera, the, 261 Wolves in Russian Central Asia, 87 Y Yakuts, the, 46 Yaroslaf Vsevolodovitch, 63 Yellow Peril, the, 170 Z Zaalaisk, Government grants to emigrants, 152 Zollverein, a, Chamberlain and, 251

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