Nagasaki, shipbuilding yards,288,339Neva, the,2New Zealand,387Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, his appearance,11;reminiscences of his journey across Siberia,12;love for his subjects,13;on the blessing of peace,13Nijni-Oudinsk,42Nippon Tetsudo Railway,284Nippon Yusen Kaisha Steam Company, annual report,286Nitobe, Dr.,317Niu-chwang, Port,124;railway,124;trade,125,127;importation of opium,125;life on land and on the river,126;settlement of the Roman Catholic Mission,128;festivities on the transfer of the railway to China,129
Obi,41;valley,36Okuma,369Omsk,36,57Opium, importation of,125Osaka,339Commercial Exhibition at,225
Pacific, the,59Pagoda, thirteen-storeyed, at Pekin,167Peasants, Russian, condition of,27,30Pechili, Gulf of,124"Pedlars' Guild," organization of, in Korea,228Pei-tang,145,172Peiho,133Pekin, first impressions of,140,145-9;arrival in,141;shops,147;signboards,148;use of chopsticks,148;the Western Gate,149;siege of the Mission,149;climate,150;legations,152-4;Banks,154;siege,154;result of the Treaty of Chefoo,155;fortifications of the European quarter,156;ground plan,158,160;Imperial City,158,160,165;Purple or Forbidden City,158,165;Imperial Palace,158,164,168;the Southern Gate,158;influence of Confucius,159;the Northern Gate,162;Tartar City,162,165;Chinese City,165;excursions,167;Imperial deer park,167;Princesses' tombs,167;Portuguese Cemetery,167;thirteen-storeyed pagoda,167;summer palaces,167;Ch'ien-men or Great Street,168;temples,169-72;towers,172;reception at the Summer Palace,177-88Pekin, Treaty of, in 1860,59Pena, Castle of,3Pet-Si,199Peterhof,3;palace,3;cascade,3;châteaux,4;station,7St. Petersburg, impressions of,23;conditions of life,24Petropaulovsk,36Petrovsk,56Philippine Islands,386Pi-yung-kung, or Hall of the Classics in Pekin,169Piek-Paiparty,201Pienza,28Pigs of Manchuria,69Piroshki,67Polo, Marco,376Port Arthur,59,122;military and naval fortress,122Portsmouth, Peace of, result of the,381,387Punishment, methods of, in Korea,208
Railway, Eastern Chinese,59,63,76,125;system of construction,64;festivities on the transfer to China,129Railway, Trans-Siberian,22SeeTrans-SiberianRailways, construction of, in Japan,284Railways, Russian, deficit of,54Roman Catholic Mission, at Niu-chwang,128;Pekin,149;Seoul,254Ronins, the forty-seven, story of,326Russia, travelling in,25;condition of the peasants,27,30;state railways, deficit of,54;hospitality,106;occupation of Manchuria,231;incorporates the Amur district,59,362;conclusion of peace with Japan,381Russia, Empress of, her appearance,5;characteristics,5;devotion to her children,6;simplicity of living,7Russians and Chinese, relations between,94,119
S—a, Baron,305Sahara desert,64Samara,31Samurai, meaning of the term,318;unwritten laws,320;principles,320;benevolence,321;courteousness,322;calm demeanour,328;conventional smile,329;creed,330;sword,331San-ju-neu-Shiki, manufacture of,295Sanyo Railway,284Sedan-chairs, use of, in Korea,244,248Sentry-boxes, number of, in Seoul,246Seoul,200,225;railways,229;electric tramways,230;first impressions of,240-2;unifor245;number of sentry-boxes,246;the Royal Palace,247;sedan-chairs,248;wedding procession,249;British Legation,251;mode of education,252,272;German Consulate,253;Roman Catholic cathedral,254;barracks,255;dogs,256-8;funeral torchlight procession,258-62;revolution,263;the white city,263;number of palaces,264;reception at the New Palace,264-6;style of the building,267;court livery,268;the Emperor,269-73;the Crown Prince,273;the chief eunuch,274Shimbashi,275Shintoism, or nature-worship,337Shops, signboards of, in Pekin,148Shufeldt, Commodore,224Si-Paiparty,201Siba, grove of,327Siberia, export of butter,40;convicts,43;characteristics,60;extent,60;provinces,60;inhabitants,61;Central,38;vegetation,38;animals,39;birds,39;Eastern, cultivation of,54;Western,35;townships,36;colonization,37Siberian Railway,16SeeTrans-SiberianSin-La,199Song-Ching,225South Sea Islands,386Steam navigation companies of Japan,286Suicide, or "hara-kiri,"323-6Summer Palace, reception at, Pekin,177-88;artistic beauty of the decorations,181;state banquet,188
Ta-chung-ssu, or Temple of the Great Bell,170Ta-shik-chia,125Tai Wen Kun, assumes the regency of Korea,211;his character,212;schemes against the Empress,212;banished,212Taku Fort,132;bombardment of,135Talienwan, Bay of,123Tao-Tso, first King of Korea,199Tarantass,72,110Tashkend,36Tasmania,387Tea ceremonies in Japan,281,322Telegraph lines in Japan,285Telephones, number of, in Japan,285Temples of Japan,276;Pekin,169-72Teshoo Lama,170Tien-tsin,133;railway, completion,127,134;population,133;European quarter,133;situation,134;export of coal,135;fighting at,135Tobolsk,36Tokio, impressions of,275,283,301;University,292;number of students,293;the library,293;Printing Office, orInsatsu Kyoku,294;Commercial Museum,295;arsenal,295;style of the buildings,301Tombs, Imperial, at Mukden,100-4Tombs, Princesses', at Pekin,167Tomsk,36,39Tong-Shan, first coal-pit,135Tonking, under French administration,362Tormer-To,200Torture, practice of, in Korea,207Trans-Baikalia, mines,57;inhabitants,58Trans-Siberian Railway,16;extent,22;construction,12,22,55Troikas,94Tsi-tsi-kar,68,75;population,68Tungus, the,43
Udinsk,40Ural Mountains,33;mines,34;inscription,35
Vladivostok,59Volga, the,31
Wafungtien,125Wetzel, Mr., director of the East ChinaRailway, kidnapped by Chunchuses,118White, Mr.,124Windmills, number of,28Witte, Count,383Women, treatment of, in Korea,215;form of marriage,217;work,219;recreations,219
Yalu river,193,229Yangtse-kiang,137Yeddo Palace, reception at,303;decorations,304Yellow Sea,59;bays of the,130Yenisei,41Ying-tsé,124Yokohama,339Yong-Sang, college and seminary at,238Yuan-chi-kai, Viceroy,370;his policy,371Yuan-tsi-Khai,137Yung-Lo,171
Zakouska,107Z'mershan, coal-mines at,125
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