Irkoutsk,385; the Government,386; the climate,387; the “Moskovskaya Podovorié,”388,393; the streets and pavements,389; the shops,390; costume,391; the ladies,392,400; military band,393; rudeness and vulgarity,394; the gold-mining millionaires,395; the tradespeople,400; theJeunesse Dorée,402; the watchmen,403; evening amusements,414; the market-place,415; the “droshki,”416;the boulevard,417; the eclipse of the sun,422; a barber’s,425; the Museum,426; a custom of the country,455; police magistrates,456; morals,457; the Opera,468; moderate hotel bill,469.
“Iron exile of Boglitch,” the,608.
Irtish, the river; dangerous navigation,595; desolate scenery,596; landslips,599.
Irul, the river,301,313.
Ivan II., the conquests of,600.
Ivanoff, M., tea-planter,145.
“Kalatchi,” oatmeal cakes,582.
Kalgan,144; Russian hospitality,146; comfort,148; caravans,150; resembles an Arab town,152; a street scene,155; the mission,157; locked in,161; partridge shooting,166; wolves,175.
“Kamaoulie Koloko,” the,606.
Kamchatdales, the,429to431.
Kamchatka,426to428.
Kansk,447,549.
Karra,363,436.
“Kasche” porridge,634.
Katorgi,seeConvicts.
Kazan,627; boundary between European and Asiatic Russia,628; its Eastern appearance,629.
Kazanetse, the,580,582.
Kharra, the river,301,305.
Kiakhta,320; the inn,322; the town,325; the bells,326; the college,331; the cathedral,332; tea-merchants,333; gambling,334; a dinner party,336; the market,344; the barracks,349; drink,352.
Kirghiz Tartars, the,526.
“Kirpitchni,” brick-tea,635.
Kluchevski, Mount, the highest volcano in Kamchatka,427.
“Klysti,” or Flagellants, the,419.
“Knout,” abolition of the,412.
Kolestnikoff, M., postmaster at Kalgan,166.
Koo-ash, the village of,120to125.
Kootchoom Khan,600,601.
“Koo-Too,” the,52.
Kootookta, the,187,268,270,285,288.
Koriaks, the,429to432.
Koumiss,294.
Koutoulik, a pleasant evening at,482; the ostrog,493.
Krasnoiarsk,447; red cliffs,556; fire brigade,557; founded by the Cossacks,603.
Kremlin of Moscow, the,639; the cathedrals,641; architecture,642; cannon,643.
Kuriles, the,432; queer customs,433.
Kwang-Su, the Emperor,88.
Kwi La Shai,132.
Lady Missionaries in China,157.
Lama, a,206to209,255.
Landslips in Tobolsk,599.
Langtry, a portrait of Mrs., in a Siberian post-house,359.
Lassa, the capital of Tibet,270.
Lemmings, a migration of,434.
Lew Buah, Captain,163; his adventures,164; we say good-bye,178.
“Ling Chi,” death by the,47.
List of post-stations between Irkoutsk and Tomsk,571.
Listvenitz, a port on Lake Baikal,362; the Custom House,375; a watering-place,378.
Listvinskaya, post-station,507.
Malta, 8.
Manchin Tartars, the,75.
“Michel Strogoff,”2,387.
“Midshipman Easy,” the triangular duel,339.
Missionaries in China, ladies as,157.
Mole hills,204.
“Molokani” or milk-drinkers, the sect of the,419.
Monastery of St. Innocent,477.
Mongols, the,153; on a journey,181; population,187; lazy and filthy,194,198; the women,195,214,283;a yourt,196; gluttony,197; head-dress,199; dogs,206; a Lama,207,255; the language,208; interior of a tent,209; the snuff-bottle,210; a cup of real Mongol tea,211; a conversation,212; a superstition,213; wooden guiding rods,224; revolting specimens,240; tobacco,248; cleaner and better mannered,252; a belle,257; disposal of the dead,259,290; “Moo-moo,”260; fear of death,261; few people know anything of the Mongols,266; in Ourga,282; grotesque appearance,283; Golgotha,290; our new drivers,302; wakeful at night,304; water-supply,306; a contented race,309.
Monshafskaya, the village of,363; wild fruit,364.
Moonlight target-practice of the Russian troops,346.
Moscow,638; the “Slavenski Bazar,”639; the “King of bells,”640; the cathedrals,641; the Kremlin,642; politeness,643; the room where Skobeleff died,644; snow,645.
“Moskovskava Podovorie,” the, at Irkoutsk,388,468.
Mosquitoes,304,314,436,530.
Mount Lavinia,11.
Mule-litter, a Chinese,115,190.
Music, Siberian,495.
Musketry by moonlight,346.
Nankow,125,128.
“Napoleonists,” the sect of,418.
Navigation of the River Irtish,595.
Nempshinof’s mausoleum,333.
Nertchinsk gold-mines,363.
Neviansk, the watering-place of Ekaterinburg,622.
Nicolaievsk to Tashkent, a journey from,521.
Nihilists,seeConvicts.
Nijni Novgorod,630; Hôtel de la Poste,631; the Great Fair,632; eating-houses,634; overland tea,635; furs,636; two smaller fairs,637; fire engines,638.
Nijni Tagilsk, dining-room at the railway station,621.
Nijni Udinsk,447; the post-house,527; the town,529.
Obdorsk, the canal to,465.
Obi river, the,581to594.
Oka, the river,504; the ferry,505.
Okhotsk, “the end of the world,”435.
“Oleni,” the skin of the reindeer above nine months old,637.
Ostiaks, the,442,585.
Ostrogs,363,409,447,488to493.
Oural Mountains, the,618.
Ourga,267; the Mecca of Mongolia,269; the Russian Consulate,271; the European cemetery,277; depression,280; Mongol women,282; dogs and beggars,284; a Buddhist temple,285; the huge figure of Buddha,286; Golgotha,290; the death-chamber,292; Maimachin,295; the Temple of Confucius,296.
Ourouni,213.
Outfit, our, 4.
“Palikao,” the bridge of,46.
Palmistry in the Desert,256.
Partridge shooting,167.
Peiho, the river,26; landslips,37; a thunderstorm,40.
Pekin,53; dust,54,65; we lose ourselves,55; insolence of the Pekinese,57,83; the “Legation de France,”58; the Hôtel,58; the capital of China,60; the Roman Catholic Church,62; the gates,63; the roads,64,93; the climate,66,99; small-pox,67; dirt,68; the English Embassy,69,96; the Russian Minister,70; the Tartar wall,72; the observatory,73; the Board of Examinations,74; Mancha soldiery,75; a native cab,76,97; a street scene,77; a funeral,78; thePekin Gazette,79;the women,80; the coinage,82; the “Jeunesse Dorée,”83; cricket-fighting,84; a doctor’s shop,85; the porcelain shops,86; the Summer Palace,87; the dogs,97; no insect pests,97; the European population,98; Jubilee Day,100; a disappointment,104; our departure,113.
Penang,12.
Perm,623.
Perm, the,623,626.
Petchora River, the, Siberakoff’s canal,465.
Petroff, Colonel,278,280.
Petropaulosk, earthquakes at,428.
Philipitch, founder of the Flagellants,419.
Photography in Siberia,579.
Piatko, at the junction of the Obi and Chulim rivers,465.
Pigtails,81.
“Pijick,” the skin of the reindeer at one month old,636.
Pike, the Siberian,278.
“Plète,” punishment by the,413.
Podarojna, a,445.
Poll-tax, a,496.
Polovilnaya, post-station,482.
Poloushouba, the, a pelisse of sheep’s wool,627.
Ponies, Mongolian,102,118,139,154,199,201,216,234.
“Poorgas,” or Kamchatka snowstorms,428.
Poppies,140.
Porcelain, Chinese,86.
Port Said, 9.
Posting in Siberia,353; our “Troika,”354; a strain on the nerves,355; a ferry,356; inadequate number of horses,524; the post-horses,346.
Postmaster, a Siberian,348,475.
Prayer-wheels,209,281,287,385.
Prescription, a Chinese,86.
Prisons,seeOstrogs, Convicts, &c.
“Privatne,” or ordinary podarojna, the,446.
Punishments, Chinese,49,50.
“Quass,”323,495.
Quicksilver in Siberia, mines of,405.
“Rabchick,” the, a Russian partridge,593.
Radovitch, M.,360,376.
Railways in China,95; in Siberia,466,575,612; in Russia,621,623.
Rasgonnaia, ostrog at,492.
Rats, edible,84; Gobi,203; Lemmings,434; Siberia,501.
Red Sea, the,10.
Reiff’s Russian Grammar,463.
Reindeer skins,636.
Reutern, the,597.
Ribinskaya, post-station,551.
Route, our, 3; an alternative,105.
Russian language, the,463.
Russians, the,145,146,294,300.
“Russians of To-day,” the,406,491.
Sakhalien, the most dreaded prison in Siberia,363; convicts sent by sea,409; formerly belonged to Japan,429; climate,436.
Salt, Ostiak hatred of,588.
Salt-mills, Chinese,27.
Samoyédes, the,442,588.
Sandflies,304,314.
Sand-grouse,218.
Sand-storm, a,229.
“Scotch woodcock,”165.
Seals in Lake Baikal,368.
Sects, religious, in Siberia,418.
Selenga river, the ferry over the,355,357.
Shanghai,12; the club,14; sport,15; hospitality,16; the bund,17,18; the electric light,18; the native city,19; a tea-garden,20,21; fortune-telling,22.
Sheep, Gobi,202.
Shishmaroff, M.,264,275,278.
“Shtchi,” or cabbage soup,624,634.
Siberakoff, M.,144; his waterway,145.
Siberia,33,70,322; a dinner party,335; a tarantass,341; a post-master,348,475; breakfast in barracks,349; a farewell,351; posting,353,524,546; a ferry,355,505,527,545; criminals, exiles, &c.,364,401,448,488,493,517,530,560; discomfort,383; climate,385; books of travel,387; wealthy gold-miners,391to397; dress,391; washing appliances,392,576; gold,396,540; the ladies,400; champagne,414; eggs,414; religious sects,418; tribes,426,444; bandits,459to486; scenery,471; post-houses,474,500,566; telegraphs,476; sham clocks,477; a supper in the wilds,483; village prisons,363,488; eternal delay,493,525; monotony,498,525,564; a cottage,494; a swinging cradle,495; music,495; berries,497; a honeymoon,499; rats and vermin,501; lady travellers,502; our troubles commence,503; timekeeping extraordinary,508; bread,509; refreshment for escaped convicts,517; wild flowers,529; gold and silver,540; reckless apathy,565; posting a letter,574; photography,579; the steamer on the Obi,580; the eternalmenu,593; “Conversation Sibérienne,”594; meals,598; Ivan II.,600; conquest,601to603.
Silver Fox, the,636.
Singapore,12.
Skobeleff’s room,644.
Skopti, the,418.
Small feet of the Chinese women,80.
Small-pox,67,439,516,609.
Snuff-bottle, the,210.
Soldiers, Chinese,75,117.
Sourikoff, M., the painter,590,619.
Sport; partridges,165,167; antelope,220; wildfowl,302,314,589,610.
Squirrels,586.
Staal, M. de, 3.
Stanley, reported murder of the explorer,469.
Sterlet,575.
Stone pillar near Ekaterinaberg, the,618.
Stove-bed, a Chinese,122.
“Substitute,” a,49.
Subterranean passages at Tobolsk,609.
Summer Palace at Pekin, the,87.
Sun, an eclipse of the,422.
Sunstroke, a,225.
Taku,26; the forts,27.
“Tamerlan, the Target of,”179.
Taoutinsk, post-station,560.
Tarantass, a,342,561.
Target practice by moonlight,346.
Tasmania, the wreck of the,10.
Tchuan-Ha-Ho,139.
Tea,29,45,150,211,326,493,543,575,635.
Telegrams, low tariff in Siberia for,345.
“Teliatina,”593.
Theatre, an open-air,127.
Thunderstorm on the Peiho river, a,40.
Tielminskaya, the waiting-room at,478.
Tientsin,28; trade,29; the hotel,30.