INDEX

Abdullah, [190]
Afforestation, [177]
Afghanistan, [226], [230]
Agriculture in Korea, [125]
in Siberia, [173]
Alexander the Great, [203]
American Missions, [68], [80]
Amir of Bokhara, [201], [203], [221]
Amu Daria, [183]
Amur region, [158]
Ancestor worship, [70], [86]
Angara River, [155]
An-san, [103]
Antung, [58], [61], [73]
Aphrosiab, [219]
Arabian Invasion, Turkestan, [223]
Mohammedanism, [223]
Aral Sea, [174], [175]
Arctic Ocean, [162], [163]
Arithmetic, [38]
Arnold, [223]
Asceticism, Mohammedan, [224]
Ashekhabat, [160]
Ashiho, [Ch. xiii.]
Askabad, [230]
Astor House, Moukden, [31]
Australasia, [38]
Australian Presbyterians, [79], [108]
Azerbijana, [198]
Baber, [195]
Baghdad, [195]
Baikal, Lake, [154], [159], [162]
Bajazet, Sultan, [200]
Baku, [231-233]
Balak Nani, [223]
Balkh, [223]
Baltic fleet, [112]
Baptists, [233]
Baths, Chinese, [142]
Sulphur, [234]
Bazaars, [185], [214], [226]
Behren, [22]
Beng, [226]
Bibi Khanum, [209-213]
Little, [210], [213]
Bible Society, B. and F., [161], [173], [174], [222], [233]
Study, [38], [75], [77], [82]
Women, [77], [143]
Black Sea, [169], [174]
Blanc, Edouard, [191], [218]
Blanc, Mont, [236]
Blind, [49], [81]
Bokhara, [Ch. xx.], [176], [183], [201], [208], [215], [218]
Boxers, [22], [23]
Braille, [81]
Bronzes, [21], [22]
Broussa, [201]
Browning, [175]
Brugnière, Monseigneur, [89], [90]
Brugsch, [234]
Buddhism, [45], [70]
Buddhists, [48], [49], [57], [159]
Buriats, [159-162]
Burkans, [160]
Bushnell, [21]
Camels, [214], [227]
Cano, Empress, [198], [199], [209-213]
Capus, [172], [182]
Carpets, [209], [217]
Carts in Turkestan, [181]
Caspian Sea, [175], [231]
Catherine of Russia, [223]
Caucasus, [Ch. xxi.]
Chang Chun, [8]
Chang Shan, [47], [51]
Chéliabinsk, [166]
Chemkend, [183]
Chemulpo, [134-137]
Chiao, Mr., [67], [114], [122], [130], [133], [177]
Child burial, [42], [43]
“Chinese Art,” [21]
generosity, [25], [27]
industry, [125]
windows, [101]
writing, [63], [68], [121], [124]
Ching dynasty, [18]
Christie, Dr., [23], [26]
Church, Chemulpo, [136]
Liao Yang, [40], [Ch. iv.], [56]
Moukden, [22]
Pyöng Yang, [74-77]
Tiflis, [233]
Citadel of Samarkand, [201], [203]
Clavijo, [195], [197], [199], [210]
College, Union, [78], [79]
Colonisation, Manchuria, [6], [34]
Siberia, [158]
Colporteurs, [173], [174]
Commercial college, [55]
Concessions, timber, [73]
mining, [61]
Confucianism, [70], [77]
Conference, Edinburgh World Missionary, [50], [80]
Constantinople, [186]
Consul, English, [17], [20], [141]
Convicts, [155], [158]
Cossacks, [165], [230]
Court life, Korea, [96-101]
Crops in Manchuria, [7], [45]
Korea, [107]
Crown Prince, Korea, [98-99]
Princess, [99]
Crypt, Tamerlane’s Tomb, [192]
Currency, [33], [40], [213]
Custom-house, [151], [152], [238]
Curtin, Jeremiah, [159-162]
Dallet, Père, [92]
Dalny, [138-140]
Steamer to, [134], [135]
Damascus, [200]
Danish Lutheran Mission, [27]
Daveluy, [91]
“Deer’s horns,” [22], [29]
Delhi, [195], [196]
Diamond Mountains, [Ch. xii.]
Dnieper River, [174]
Don River, [174]
Doolittle, [31]
Durrieux, [212]
Ear-muffs, [5], [26]
Education, Korea, [53], [61], [79], [81], [128], [129]
Manchuria, [28], [37], [38]
Medical, [27]
Moslem, [145], [204-208], [223], [224]
Russian, [164], [165], [182], [206]
Siberia, [162], [164]
Theological, Korea, [79]
Elephants, [198]
Elms, [178], [215]
Emperor, late Chinese, [23]
Korean, [73], [96-100], [102]
Empress Cano, [198-200], [209-213]
late Dowager, China, [23]
Min, Korea, [98-102]
Emigrants, Chinese, [34]
English language, [140]
Eunuchs, [97], [99], [101]
Execution, [144], [208]
Exiles, [233]
“Face of Korea,” [65-148]
Fauvelle, [212]
Flowers, Caucasus, [235]
Korea, [107], [117], [123]
Manchuria, [52]
Foo Ling tombs, [12], [16-19]
Fox temples, [31], [32], [45]
Fusan, [Ch. xi.]
Gale, Dr., [103]
Genghiz Khan, [145], [194], [195], [204]
Geography, [38]
Georgians, [234], [235]
German Church, [233]
language, [140], [188], [237]
Giggies, [67]
“Gluttonous Place,” [208]
Gold mining, [63], [156]
Grain market, [213]
Gur Amir, [189-192]
Hazret, [175]
Hazréti Shah Zindeh, [215-217]
Hazréti Timur mosque, [175]
“Heart of Asia,” [229]
Hell, Temple of, [32], [48]
Herbelot, [205]
Hingking, [12]
Hissar, [214]
Histoire de l’Église de Korée, [84]
Holden, [195]
“Home of Tamerlane,” [Ch. xviii.]
Horse sacrifice, [160]
Hospitals: Hsin Muntun, [34], [35]
Chemulpo, [136], [137]
Liao Yang, [48]
Moukden, [23-28]
Hotels: Astor House, Moukden, [31]
Commercial, Kazan, [220]
d’Europe, Kazan, [220]
Baku, [232]
de France, Tashkent, [178]
Grand, Samarkand, [188]
Vladikavkaz, [236]
Londres, Tiflis, [233]
Russian, Kharbin, [3]
Yamato, Kwan-cheng-tze, [8]
Hsin Muntun, [25], [Ch. iii.]
Hulan, [Ch. i.], [142]
“Hunger Desert,” [188]
Immigrants, [174]
India, [194-196], [198], [226]
International Sleeping Car, [148], [152]
Invocation, Buriat, [160], [161]
Iranian, [184]
Irish Presbyterian, [27]
Irkutsk, [155-157], [164]
Irtish River, [164]
Ishan, [224]
Islam, [194], [196], [218], [222], [224], [226]
Ito, Prince, [106]
Ivan the Terrible, [194]
Jade, [21], [191]
Jagatai, [185]
Japanese banks, [104], [105], [138]
inns, [60], [61]
occupation of Korea, [105]
of Dalny, [138], [139]
officers, [59], [107], [131]
steamers, [111], [134], [137]
trade, [139]
traveller, [59], [60]
war, Korea, [85]
Russia, [42], [43], [73]
Jaxartes, [175]
Jenkinson, [231]
Jesuits, [85], [146]
Jews, [145], [156]
“Journey in Southern Siberia,” [161]
Kaaba, [216]
Karagatch, [215]
Kasbec, Mount, [236]
Katholische Missions Statistik, [92]
Kazan, [176], [220], [221], [228]
Kelan, [227]
Keuk Tash, [201]
Kharbin, [3], [4], [57], [141], [148], [167], [178]
Khiva, [122], [183]
Khojend, [183], [185]
Khokand, [183], [226]
Khorasan, [194]
Ki Cha, [68], [71], [72]
Kil Moksa, [77], [78]
Kim, André, [91]
Kinel, [167-169]
Kirghiz, [165], [172], [175]
Steppes, [172]
Kitchener, [45]
Kite-flying, [46]
Kobdo, [163]
Koran, [189], [206], [212], [216], [225], [229]
Korea, history, [72], [73]
population, [62], [63]
size, [62]
war with China, [73]
Japan, [85]
Korean education, [63], [79], [81], [128], [129]
dress, [71], [76], [94], [96], [100]
gate, Liao Yang, [42], [43]
generosity, [80], [83]
hats, [69]
official life, [96], [97]
products, [63], [107]
script, [63]
shops, [68]
“Sketches,” [103]
water-carriers, [69]
Krasnojarsk, [162]
Krasnovodsk, [231]
Krapotkin, [164], [184]
Krose, [92]
Kûfic, [190]
Kurgan, [166]
“Kuropatkin’s Eye,” [44]
Kwan-cheng-tze, [6], [40]
Land nationalisation, [157], [158]
Li Dsuchung, [13]
Liao Tong, [42], [138]
Liao Yang, [12], [40], [Ch. iv.]
Lobanoff, [73]
Long White Mountains, [23]
Louis, Saint, [197]
Madressah, [187], [223]
Bibi Khanum, [209-213], [216]
El Azhar, [223]
Ishrak Khaneh, [219]
Khodja Akhrar, [219]
Shir Dar, [207]
Tilla Kari, [204], [208], [209]
Timur Malik, [219]
Uleg Beg, [204-207]
Manchester, [214]
Manchus, The, [11-15], [42]
Manchu dress, [14], [36]
dynasty, [11], [12], [14], [43]
history, [11-15]
inns, [52]
marriage, [15]
policy, [13]
Manchuria town, [3]
“Manchuria’s Strategic Railway,” [59]
Medical Missions, [23-28], [48], [142], [143]
assistants, [26], [48], [137]
training college, [26], [27]
Medicines, Chinese, [46], [47]
Merv, [222]
Mesnevi, [225]
Methodist Episcopal, [80]
Ming dynasty, [13], [20]
tombs, [19], [20]
Mining concessions, [63]
Mission, American Methodist Episcopal, [80], [81]
American Presbyterian, [79]
Australian Presbyterian, [79], [108]
Canadian Presbyterian, [79]
Danish Lutheran, [27]
Greek Orthodox Church, [161], [165], [222]
Irish Presbyterian, [29], [36-39]
Scotch Presbyterian 7, [27], [48], [50]
Roman Catholic, [64], [Ch. x.], [104], [136]
Salvation Army, [104]
Swedish Mission, [221], [233]
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, [89], [136], [137]
“Missions Etrangères,” [89]
Mistletoe, [18], [19]
Moffett, Dr., [79]
“Mogul Emperors of Hindustan,” [195]
Mohammedan mosques, [145], [185], [186], [219], [226], [227]
schools, [145], [187], [204-208]
Mohammedanism, China, [145], [146]
Bokhara, [223], [224], [229]
Siberia, [165], [166], [171]
Turkestan, [185], [186], [206], [225], [226], [229]
Monasteries, [52], [53], [57], [121]
Mongol customs, [160]
empire, [195]
raids, [194], [223]
Monks, [53], [56], [57], [120-122]
Moscow, [214], [226]
Moukden, [Ch. ii.], [58]
Mullah, [191], [206], [215], [224]
Museums, [22], [60]
Nadir Shah, [191]
Naval commission, [26]
battle, [112], [136]
Nestorian Church, [222]
Newchwang, [25], [55]
New Hebrides, [109]
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, [137]
Noorhachu, [11], [12], [18]
Officers, Japanese, [59], [107], [123], [124], [131]
Russian, [238], [239]
Oil fields, [232]
Omsk, [164]
Ongons, [159]
Orenburg, [166], [171]
Orthodox Church, [161], [165], [222]
Othman, [212]
Oxus River, [183]
Oyama, General, [25]
Pailow, [19]
Palace, Moukden, [20-22]
Samarkand, [211-213], [215], [216]
Seoul, [93-102]
Parsees, [232]
Passports, [237], [239]
Peasants, Russian, [172], [173]
Pedlars, Korean, [129]
Peking, [13-15], [19], [43], [168]
Permits, [176]
Persians, [185], [201], [209], [228]
architecture, [189], [190], [198]
Petropavlosk, [165]
Pichtack, [205]
Piek-i, [85], [86]
Pioneer Point, [71]
Police, Russian, [176], [237-239]
Poplars, [178], [215]
Population, Korea, [62], [63]
Siberia, [157], [158]
Tashkent, [181]
Tiflis, [234]
Porcelain, [21], [22]
Port Nicolas, [73]
“Preaching of Islam,” [223]
Presbyterians, [7], [27], [34-37], [79], [108]
Prisons, [88], [155], [224]
Protestant Missions, [64], [73]
Psalm reader, [165]
Pyöng Yang, [62], [Ch. vii.], [viii.]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [21]
Railway, Japanese, [8], [40], [51], [Ch. vi.], [105], [107], [108], [135]
Russian, [8], [167], [173], [174], [220]
South Manchurian, [34], [35]
Trans-Siberian, [Ch. xv.]
International Sleeping Car Co., [152], [153], [157]
Russian State Express, [152], [153], [157], [166]
Red Cross, [25], [174], [222]
Reftari khiraman, [225]
Refugees, Moukden, [24]
Reis, [224]
Remedios, Jean dos, [87]
Righistan, [204], [212]
Ritual worship, [21]
Roman Catholics, [64], [Ch. ix.], [104]
Ross, Dr., [13]
Rubruquis, de, [197-199]
Russians, [203], [217], [221], [229], [230]
occupation (Moukden), [23]
police, [176], [237-239]
Russo-Japanese war, [42], [73], [136]
Sacrée Congrégation de la Propagande, [89]
Saïd, Mir Berke, [191]
Sámánids, [204]
Samara, [167]
Samarkand, [183], [187], [Ch. xix.], [222]
la bien gardée, [212], [218]
Sarts, [184], [202], [203], [206], [218]
Schools, [37], [38], [81], [129], [145], [164], [187], [204-208]
Seminary, Paris, [92]
Senghoun-i, [85], [86]
Seoul, [Ch. x.], [131], [132], [134], [135]
“Seven Hates,” [11], [12]
Shahr-i-Sabz, [193]
Shamanism, [70], [159]
Sheep, Kirghiz Steppes, [172]
Shimonoseki, [110]
Shinto, [110]
Shops, [16], [68], [69], [180], [214]
Siberia, [154-170]
climate, [154]
crops, [159]
land tenure, [158]
missions, [165]
native inhabitants, [159], [165]
population, [157], [158], [162]
size, [158]
trade, [156]
Silks, [210], [214]
Skrine, [229]
Slavery, [225], [229]
Smith, Dr. Arthur, [43 note]
“Social Life of the Chinese,” [31]
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, [104], [136], [137]
Songdo, [81]
South Kensington Museum, [22]
Storks, [184], [227]
Stundists, [233]
Sulphur baths, [234]
Sungari River, [3], [5]
Sunnites, [224]
Surakhany, [232]
Swedish Mission, [221], [233]
Syr Daria, [175], [200]
Taidsoo, [12]
Taiga, [164]
Tamerlane, [175], [Ch. xviii.], [201], [204]
Tang Shan, [25]
Taoist temple, [54]
Tartars, [162]
Tashkent, [168], [170], [176], [Ch. xvii.], [203], [206]
Ta-tsing, [13]
“Ten Parts Imperfect One,” [48]
Teragai, [193]
Tide, Korea, [112]
Tientsin, [91]
Tiflis, [232-234]
Time-table, [169]
Tobolsk, [165]
Tombs, Daniel’s, [217], [218]
Korean, [71], [102-104]
Ming, [13], [19], [20]
Moukden, [12], [16-19], [28-30]
Shah Zindeh’s, [215], [216]
Tamerlane’s, [189-193]
Tomsk, [163], [164], [174]
Tonghak, [73]
Toprach, [219]
Tortoise, [19]
Trans-Baikal, [154]
Translation Society, [162]
Trans-Siberian Railway, [Ch. xv.]
Travel hints, [132], [133], [152], [153], [237]
“Travels in Central Asia,” [226]
Tschagu Tschiendogu, [120]
Tschang Do, [125]
Tsiou, [87], [88]
Turanians, [223]
“Turkestan, Into,” [Ch. xvi.]
history, [183]
town, [175]
Turks, [200]
Tycho-Brahé, [205]
Tyenaga, [59]
Uhér, [160]
Uleg Beg, [204], [205]
Union Medical College, Moukden, [27]
Union Theological Seminary, [78], [79]
United Free Church of Scotland, [27]
Un Mun, [61]
Usturdi, [160], [161]
Uzbegs, [175], [185]
Vambéry, [190], [223], [225]
Vienna, [169], [232], [233]
Vladivostock, [146], [162], [166]
Volga, [174]
Volochisk, [233], [237-239]
“Voyage of Friar William de Rubruquis,” [198]
Wagons Lits, [183]
War god, [70]
Water carriers, [70]
Watering roads, [183], [184]
Waterproofs, [131]
Waterworks, Japanese, [70]
Westwater, Dr., [46]
White Sea, [174]
Wiju, [59]
Wolff, [224]
Woman, [186]
Women’s Mission Work, [27], [28], [77], [142-144], [222]
Wonsan, [108], [111]
X-rays, [25]
Xavier, Francis, [146]
Yalu River, [59]
Yamaga, [73]
Yamato Hotel, Dalny, [138]
Kwan-cheng-tze, [6]
Yenisei River, [162], [163]
Young, Dr., [17]
Young Men’s Christian Association, [104], [132]
Yun, Hon. T. H., [61]
Zenedjin’s Tomb, [184]
Zenghiata’s Tomb, [184]
Zoological Gardens, [104]

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