Li Hsi, Emperor of Korea, 211
Li-Hu, 80
Li Hung-Chang, Viceroy, his country house, 132; character as a
financier, 132; development of Tien-tsin, 134
Li Ping, 211
Liao river, 124, 126
Liaotung, peninsula, 122, 125; gulf of, 124
Liaoyang, bridge near, carried away by the floods, 71, 120; crossing
the, 121
Lotus Lake, 160
Maisan Hill, 160, 162; origin of the name, 162
Manchuria, 59; journey across, 66-121; refreshment rooms, 67; capital,
68; inhabitants, 69, 70; homes, 69; pigs, 69; poultry, 69; dogs, 69;
mineral wealth, 75; size, 75; population, 75; fertility, 109; character
of the scenery, 110; occupied by Russia, 231
Manchury, 59
Manchus, their characteristics, 70, 110; mode of locomotion, 90;
relations with the Russians, 94; fatalism, 105
Mandarin, mode of travelling, 113
Marsanka, 28
Masampo, 225
Metropole, Hotel du, arrival at, 47
Mikado, audience with, 306. _See_ Japan, Emperor of
Min, Prince, his typical old Korean home, 266
Mines in Korea, 227
Ming dynasty, 199
Ming, General, his funeral, 221
Mission, Roman Catholic, at Niu-chwang, 128; at Pekin, siege of the,
149; at Seoul, 254
Mochi-Shan, coal mines at, 125
Moji, Straits of, 285
Mokpo, 225
Monte Corvino, appointed first Bishop of Pekin, 376
Moonkov-Sarde Mountain, 42
Moscow, 26
Mujiks, their character, 111
Mukden, 68; journey to, 78-86; impressions of, 88; mode of locomotion,
89; plan of the city, 91; public edifices, 92; Imperial Palace, 92, 97;
interior, 93; character of the people, 94; system of local government,
95; the yamen, 95; reception given by the Governor, 96-100; number of
dishes, 98; visit to the Imperial Tombs, 100-4; epidemic of cholera,
105; journey from, 109-18
Muraviev, Count, 59
Myssowa, 55
Nagasaki, shipbuilding yards, 288, 339
Neva, the, 2
New Zealand, 387
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, his appearance, 11; reminiscences of his
journey across Siberia, 12; love for his subjects, 13; on the blessing
of peace, 13
Nijni-Oudinsk, 42
Nippon Tetsudo Railway, 284
Nippon Yusen Kaisha Steam Company, annual report, 286
Nitobe, Dr., 317
Niu-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, 36
Okuma, 369
Omsk, 36, 57
Opium, importation of, 125
Osaka, 339; Commercial Exhibition at, 225
Pacific, the, 59
Pagoda, thirteen-storeyed, at
Pekin, 167
Peasants, Russian, condition of, 27, 30
Pechili, Gulf of, 124
"Pedlars' Guild," organization of, in Korea, 228
Pei-tang, 145, 172
Peiho, 133
Pekin, 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, 177-88
Pekin, Treaty of, in 1860, 59
Pena, Castle of, 3
Pet-Si, 199
Peterhof, 3; palace, 3; cascade, 3; chateaux, 4; station, 7
St. Petersburg, impressions of, 23; conditions of life, 24
Petropaulovsk, 36
Petrovsk, 56
Philippine Islands, 386
Pi-yung-kung, or Hall of the Classics in Pekin, 169
_Piek-Pai_ party, 201
Pienza, 28
Pigs of Manchuria, 69
_Piroshki_, 67
Polo, Marco, 376
Port Arthur, 59, 122; military and naval fortress, 122
Portsmouth, Peace of, result of the, 381, 387
Punishment, methods of, in Korea, 208
Railway, Eastern Chinese, 59, 63, 76, 125; system of construction, 64;
festivities on the transfer to China, 129
Railway, Trans-Siberian, 22. _See_ Trans-Siberian
Railways, construction of, in Japan, 284
Railways, Russian, deficit of, 54
Roman Catholic Mission, at Niu-chwang, 128; Pekin, 149; Seoul, 254
Ronins, the forty-seven, story of, 326
Russia, 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, 381
Russia, Empress of, her appearance, 5; characteristics, 5; devotion to
her children, 6; simplicity of living, 7
Russians and Chinese, relations between, 94, 119
S--a, Baron, 305
Sahara desert, 64
Samara, 31
_Samurai_, meaning of the term, 318; unwritten laws, 320; principles,
320; benevolence, 321; courteousness, 322; calm demeanour, 328;
conventional smile, 329; creed, 330; sword, 331
_San-ju-neu-Shiki_, manufacture of, 295
Sanyo Railway, 284
Sedan-chairs, use of, in Korea, 244, 248
Sentry-boxes, number of, in Seoul, 246
Seoul, 200, 225; railways, 229; electric tramways, 230; first
impressions of, 240-2; uniforms of soldiers, 242-4, 256; shops 245;
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, 274
Shimbashi, 275
Shintoism, or nature-worship, 337
Shops, signboards of, in Pekin, 148
Shufeldt, Commodore, 224
_Si-Pai_ party, 201
Siba, grove of, 327
Siberia, 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, 36
Siberian Railway, 16. _See_ Trans-Siberian
Sin-La, 199
Song-Ching, 225
South Sea Islands, 386
Steam navigation companies of Japan, 286
Suicide, or "hara-kiri," 323-6
Summer Palace, reception at, Pekin, 177-88; artistic beauty of the
decorations, 181; state banquet, 188
Ta-chung-ssu, or Temple of the Great Bell, 170
Ta-shik-chia, 125
Tai Wen Kun, assumes the regency of Korea, 211; his character, 212;
schemes against the Empress, 212; banished, 212
Taku Fort, 132; bombardment of, 135
Talienwan, Bay of, 123
Tao-Tso, first King of Korea, 199
_Tarantass_, 72, 110
Tashkend, 36
Tasmania, 387
Tea ceremonies in Japan, 281, 322
Telegraph lines in Japan, 285
Telephones, number of, in Japan, 285
Temples of Japan, 276; Pekin, 169-72
Teshoo Lama, 170
Tien-tsin, 133; railway, completion, 127, 134; population, 133; European
quarter, 133; situation, 134; export of coal, 135; fighting at, 135
Tobolsk, 36
Tokio, impressions of, 275, 283, 301; University, 292; number of
students, 293; the library, 293; Printing Office, or _Insatsu Kyoku_,
294; Commercial Museum, 295; arsenal, 295; style of the buildings, 301
Tombs, Imperial, at Mukden, 100-4
Tombs, Princesses', at Pekin, 167
Tomsk, 36, 39
Tong-Shan, first coal-pit, 135
Tonking, under French administration, 362
Tormer-To, 200
Torture, practice of, in Korea, 207
Trans-Baikalia, mines, 57; inhabitants, 58
Trans-Siberian Railway, 16; extent, 22; construction, 12, 22, 55
_Troikas_, 94
Tsi-tsi-kar, 68, 75; population, 68
Tungus, the, 43
Udinsk, 40
Ural Mountains, 33; mines, 34; inscription, 35
Vladivostok, 59
Volga, the, 31
Wafungtien, 125
Wetzel, Mr., director of the East China Railway, kidnapped by
Chunchuses, 118
White, Mr., 124
Windmills, number of, 28
Witte, Count, 383
Women, treatment of, in Korea, 215; form of marriage, 217; work, 219;
recreations, 219
Yalu river, 193, 229
Yangtse-kiang, 137
Yeddo Palace, reception at, 303; decorations, 304
Yellow Sea, 59; bays of the, 130
Yenisei, 41
Ying-tse, 124
Yokohama, 339
Yong-Sang, college and seminary at, 238
Yuan-chi-kai, Viceroy, 370; his policy, 371
Yuan-tsi-Khai, 137
Yung-Lo, 171
_Zakouska_, 107
Z'mershan, coal-mines at, 125
PLYMOUTH WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON PRINTERS
Transcriber's Notes :
(1) Obvious typographical, punctuation, and consistency errors
have been corrected.
(2) Italic text is represented by _underlines_.
(3) [=o] indicates the letter o with a macron mark.