- 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
About This Book
A travel account of an overland trip from northeastern China through Manchuria and Korea and onward into Russian Turkestan, combining descriptive sketches and twenty‑four illustrative plates with practical route details. The author records landscapes, urban scenes, religious sites, and everyday customs while noting border administration and the political pressures exerted by neighboring powers. Separate sections discuss the work of missionaries and local institutions, offer advice for travellers on rail and permit arrangements, and portray artistic impressions of architecture and markets. The book blends reportage and reflection to convey cultural change, logistical challenges, and the visual character of regions that were then under imperial influence.