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From the Arctic Ocean to the Yellow Sea

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By Julius M. Price
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The narrative follows the author's expedition from the far north through Siberia, Mongolia, the Gobi, and into northern China, blending vivid travel scenes, sketches, and reportage. It traces sea voyages and river passages, arduous overland stages including crossing Lake Baikal on the ice, encounters with local officials and traders, and observations of climate, landscape, and daily life. Practical details of transport and commerce are paired with reflections on social conditions and the exile system, while illustrated sketches accompany descriptive chapters that emphasize hospitality, logistical challenges, and the changing environments of a vast continental journey.

NOTE.

I am indebted to the proprietors of the Illustrated London News for their kind permission to reproduce in this work the sketches and drawings I made for them whilst on my journey, a great many of which have already appeared in that paper; and also for the use of the text accompanying them, which has formed the basis of this work.

Your’s faithfully

Julius M. Price

From a photograph by Alfred Ellis. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. Héliog Lemercier & Cie Paris.

FROM THE ARCTIC OCEAN
TO THE YELLOW SEA.

THE NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY,
IN 1890 AND 1891, ACROSS SIBERIA, MONGOLIA,
THE GOBI DESERT, AND NORTH CHINA.

BY
JULIUS M. PRICE, F.R.G.S.,
Special Artist of the “Illustrated London News.”

WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR.

NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS,
743 AND 745, BROADWAY.
1892.

Before leaving Siberia, probably for ever, I am desirous of recording my gratitude for the assistance afforded me and the many kindnesses I received during the winter I spent there. From the highest officials to the humblest employé, the courtesy I was shown on all occasions was so great, that in all my varied experiences of travel I remember nothing to equal it; and if it is the same all over this mighty empire, I trust that my wanderings will lead me some day into Greater Russia itself. Amongst the many gentlemen to whom I owe a special debt of gratitude. I may mention Mr. E. Wostrotine, in Yeniseisk; General Telakoffsky, Dr. Peacock, and Messrs. Cheripanoff, Matwieff, and Kusnitsoff, in Krasnoiarsk; General Grimiken, M. Soukatchoff, and Mr. Charles Lee, in Irkutsk; and M. Feodroff and M. Shollingen, in Ourga.

J. M. P.