During our travels we took more than two thousand five hundred photographs, selections from which are reproduced in the illustrations of this volume.

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I.	Beyond the Bosporus	[1]
II.	The Ascent of Mount Ararat	[43]
III.	Through Persia to Samarkand	[83]
IV.	The Journey from Samarkand to Kuldja	[115]
V.	Over the Gobi Desert and through the Western Gate of the Great Wall	[149]
VI.	An Interview with the Prime Minister of China	[207]

List of Illustrations

[THROUGH WESTERN CHINA IN LIGHT MARCHING ORDER. [Frontispiece]
[BICYCLE ROUTE OF Messrs. Allen & Sachtleben ACROSS ASIA. [p. 4 and 5]
[THE DONKEY BOYS INSPECT THE 'DEVIL'S CARRIAGE.' [p. 6]
[HELPING A TURK WHOSE HORSES RAN AWAY AT SIGHT OF OUR BICYCLES. [p. 8]
[AN ANGORA SHEPHERD. [p. 9]
[1, THE ENGLISH CONSUL AT ANGORA FEEDING HIS PETS; 2, PASSING A CARAVAN OF CAMELS; 3, PLOWING IN ASIA MINOR. [p. 11]
[A CONTRAST. [p. 12]
[A TURKISH FLOUR-MILL. [p. 13]
[MILL IN ASIA MINOR. [p. 15]
[GIPSIES OF ASIA MINOR. [p. 16]
[SCENE AT A GREEK INN. [p. 19]
[EATING KAISERICHEN (EKMEK) OR BREAD. [p. 20]
[GRINDING WHEAT. [p. 21]
[A TURKISH (HAMAAL) OR CARRIER. [p. 22]
[TURKISH WOMEN GOING TO PRAYERS IN KAISARIEH. [p. 23]
[THE 'FLIRTING TOWER' IN SIVAS. [p. 25]
[HOUSE OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL IN SIVAS. [p. 26]
[ARABS CONVERSING WITH A TURK. [p. 29]
[A KADI EXPOUNDING THE KORAN. [p. 30]
[EVENING HALT IN A VILLAGE. [p. 32]
[PRIMITIVE WEAVING. [p. 33]
[A FERRY IN ASIA MINOR. [p. 38]
[A VILLAGE SCENE. [p. 40]
[Rural scene without caption.] [p. 42]
[WHERE THE 'ZAPTIEHS' WERE NOT A NUISANCE. [p. 50]
[READY FOR THE START. [p. 53]
[PARLEYING WITH THE KURDISH PARTY AT THE SPRING. [p. 56]
[THE KURDISH ENCAMPMENT. [p. 59]
[OUR GUARDS SIT DOWN TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION. [p. 65]
[HELPING THE DONKEYS OVER A SNOW-FIELD. [p. 67]
[LITTLE ARARAT COMES INTO VIEW. [p. 69]
[THE WALL INCLOSURE FOR OUR BIVOUAC AT ELEVEN THOUSAND FEET. [p. 72]
[NEARING THE HEAD OF THE GREAT CHASM. [p. 74]
[ON THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT ARARAT—FIRING THE FOURTH OF JULY SALUTE. [p. 78]
[HARVEST SCENE NEAR KHOI. [p. 84]
[LEAVING KHOI. [p. 86]
[YARD OF CARAVANSARY AT TABREEZ. [p. 88]
[LUMBER-YARD AT TABREEZ. [p. 88]
[THE CONVEYANCE OF A PERSIAN OFFICIAL TRAVELING IN DISGRACE TO TEHERAN AT THE CALL OF THE SHAH. [p. 91]
[A PERSIAN REPAIRING THE WHEELS OF HIS WAGON. [p. 94]
[LEAVING TEHERAN FOR MESHED. [p. 96]
[IN A PERSIAN GRAVEYARD. [p. 98]
[PILGRIMS IN THE CARAVANSARY. [p. 99]
[A PERSIAN WINE-PRESS. [p. 100]
[CASTLE STRONGHOLD AT LASGIRD. [p. 102]
[PILGRIM STONE HEAPS OVERLOOKING MESHED. [p. 104]
[RIDING BEFORE THE GOVERNOR AT MESHED. [p. 105]
[FEMALE PILGRIMS ON THE ROAD TO MESHED. [p. 106]
[IN THE GARDEN OF THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE AT MESHED. [p. 107]
[WATCH-TOWER ON THE TRANSCASPIAN RAILWAY. [p. 108]
[GIVING A 'SILENT PILGRIM' A ROLL TOWARD MESHED. [p. 109]
[AN INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL KUROPATKINE AT THE RACES NEAR ASKABAD. [p. 111]
[MOSQUE CONTAINING THE TOMB OF TAMERLANE AT SAMARKAND. [p. 112]
[CARAVANSARY AT FAKIDAOUD. [p. 113]
[A MARKET-PLACE IN SAMARKAND, AND THE RUINS OF A COLLEGE. [p. 114]
[A RELIGIOUS DRAMA IN SAMARKAND. [p. 116]
[OUR FERRY OVER THE ZERAFSHAN. [p. 118]
[PALACE OF THE CZAR’S NEPHEW, TASHKEND. [p. 121]
[A SART RESCUING HIS CHILDREN FROM THE CAMERA OF THE 'FOREIGN DEVILS.' [p. 123]
[VIEW OF CHIMKEND FROM THE CITADEL. [p. 125]
[ON THE ROAD BETWEEN CHIMKEND AND VERNOYE. [p. 129]
[UPPER VALLEY OF THE CHU RIVER. [p. 132]
[KIRGHIZ ERECTING KIBITKAS BY THE CHU RIVER. [p. 134]
[FANTASTIC RIDING AT THE SUMMER ENCAMPMENT OF THE COSSACKS. [p. 138]
[STROLLING MUSICIANS. [p. 141]
[THE CUSTOM-HOUSE AT KULDJA. [p. 143]
[THE CHINESE MILITARY COMMANDER OF KULDJA. [p. 145]
[TWO CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES IN THE YARD OF OUR KULDJA INN. [p. 146]
[A MORNING PROMENADE ON THE WALLS OF KULDJA. [p. 148]
[THE FORMER MILITARY COMMANDER OF KULDJA AND HIS FAMILY. [p. 151]
[VIEW OF A STREET IN KULDJA FROM THE WESTERN GATE. [p. 153]
[OUR RUSSIAN FRIEND AND MR. SACHTLEBEN LOADED WITH ENOUGH CHINESE 'CASH' TO PAY FOR A MEAL AT A KULDJA RESTAURANT. [p. 155]
[A STREET IN THE TARANTCHI QUARTER OF KULDJA. [p. 158]
[PRACTISING OUR CHINESE ON A KULDJA CULPRIT. [p. 160]
[THE HEAD OF A BRIGAND EXPOSED ON THE HIGHWAY. [p. 161]
[A CHINESE GRAVEYARD ON THE EASTERN OUTSKIRTS OF KULDJA. [p. 163]
[SPLITTING POPPY-HEADS TO START THE OPIUM JUICE. [p. 165]
[THE CHIEF OF THE CUSTOM-HOUSE GIVES A LESSON IN OPIUM SMOKING. [p. 167]
[RIDING BEFORE THE GOVERNOR OF MANAS. [p. 168]
[MONUMENT TO A PRIEST AT URUMTSI. [p. 170]
[A BANK IN URUMTSI. [p. 171]
[A MAID OF WESTERN CHINA. [p. 173]
[STYLISH CART OF A CHINESE MANDARIN. [p. 174]
[A CHINESE PEDDLER FROM BARKUL. [p. 176]
[CHINESE GRAVES ON THE ROAD TO HAMI. [p. 178]
[SCENE IN A TOWN OF WESTERN CHINA. [p. 179]
[A LESSON IN CHINESE. [p. 180]
[A TRAIL IN THE GOBI DESERT. [p. 182]
[IN THE GOBI DESERT. [p. 183]
[STATION OF SEB-BOO-TCHAN. [p. 185]
[A ROCKY PASS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE GOBI. [p. 187]
[A WASTE OF BLACK SAND IN THE GOBI. [p. 188]
[A ROAD MARK IN THE GOBI DESERT. [p. 189]
[WITHIN THE WESTERN GATE OF THE GREAT WALL. [p. 191]
[RIDING BY THE GREAT WALL ON THE ROAD TO SU-CHOU. [p. 193]
[A TYPICAL RECEPTION IN A CHINESE TOWN. [p. 196]
[A CHINAMAN’S WHEELBARROW. [p. 199]
[MONUMENT TO THE BUILDER OF A BRIDGE. [p. 201]
[TWO PAGODAS AT LAN-CHOU-FOO. [p. 203]
[MISSIONARIES AT LAN-CHOU-FOO. [p. 205]
[LI-HUNG-CHANG. [p. 206]
[OPIUM-SMOKERS IN A STREET OF TAI-YUEN-FOO. [p. 209]
[MISSIONARIES AT TAI-YUEN-FOO. [p. 210]
[ENTERING TONG-QUAN BY THE WEST GATE. [p. 211]
[MONUMENTS NEAR ONE-SHE-CHIEN. [p. 212]
[MONUMENT NEAR CHANG-SHIN-DIEN. [p. 215]
[ON THE PEI-HO. [p. 217]
[A CHINAMAN SCULLING ON THE PEI-HO. [p. 218]
[SALT HEAPS AT THE GOVERNMENT WORKS AT TONG-KU. [p. 220]
[WINDMILLS AT TONG-KU FOR RAISING SALT WATER. [p. 221]
[FURNACE FOR BURNING WASTE PAPER BEARING WRITTEN CHARACTERS. [p. 225]
[MR. LIANG, EDUCATED IN THE UNITED STATES, NOW IN THE SHIPPING BUSINESS. [p. 228]
[A CHINESE SEEDING-DRILL. [p. 230]
[A CHINESE BRIDE. [p. 233]

ACROSS ASIA ON A BICYCLE

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations