THROUGH WESTERN CHINA IN LIGHT MARCHING ORDER. [Frontispiece]
BICYCLE ROUTE OF Messrs. Allen & Sachtleben ACROSS ASIA. [p. 4 and 5]
THE DONKEY BOYS INSPECT THE ’DEVIL’S CARRIAGE.’ [p. 6]
HELPING A TURK WHOSE HORSES RAN AWAY AT SIGHT OF OUR BICYCLES. [p. 8]
AN ANGORA SHEPHERD. [p. 9]
1, THE ENGLISH CONSUL AT ANGORA FEEDING HIS PETS; 2, PASSING A CARAVAN OF
CAMELS; 3, PLOWING IN ASIA MINOR. [p. 11]
A CONTRAST. [p. 12]
A TURKISH FLOUR-MILL. [p. 13]
MILL IN ASIA MINOR. [p. 15]
GIPSIES OF ASIA MINOR. [p. 16]
SCENE AT A GREEK INN. [p. 19]
EATING KAISERICHEN (EKMEK) OR BREAD. [p. 20]
GRINDING WHEAT. [p. 21]
A TURKISH (HAMAAL) OR CARRIER. [p. 22]
TURKISH WOMEN GOING TO PRAYERS IN KAISARIEH. [p. 23]
THE ’FLIRTING TOWER’ IN SIVAS. [p. 25]
HOUSE OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL IN SIVAS. [p. 26]
ARABS CONVERSING WITH A TURK. [p. 29]
A KADI EXPOUNDING THE KORAN. [p. 30]
EVENING HALT IN A VILLAGE. [p. 32]
PRIMITIVE WEAVING. [p. 33]
A FERRY IN ASIA MINOR. [p. 38]
A VILLAGE SCENE. [p. 40]
[Rural scene without caption.] [p. 42]
WHERE THE ’ZAPTIEHS’ WERE NOT A NUISANCE. [p. 50]
READY FOR THE START. [p. 53]
PARLEYING WITH THE KURDISH PARTY AT THE SPRING. [p. 56]
THE KURDISH ENCAMPMENT. [p. 59]
OUR GUARDS SIT DOWN TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION. [p. 65]
HELPING THE DONKEYS OVER A SNOW-FIELD. [p. 67]
LITTLE ARARAT COMES INTO VIEW. [p. 69]
THE WALL INCLOSURE FOR OUR BIVOUAC AT ELEVEN THOUSAND FEET. [p. 72]
NEARING THE HEAD OF THE GREAT CHASM. [p. 74]
ON THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT ARARAT—FIRING THE FOURTH OF JULY SALUTE. [p. 78]
HARVEST SCENE NEAR KHOI. [p. 84]
LEAVING KHOI. [p. 86]
YARD OF CARAVANSARY AT TABREEZ. [p. 88]
LUMBER-YARD AT TABREEZ. [p. 88]
THE CONVEYANCE OF A PERSIAN OFFICIAL TRAVELING IN DISGRACE TO TEHERAN AT
THE CALL OF THE SHAH. [p. 91]
A PERSIAN REPAIRING THE WHEELS OF HIS WAGON. [p. 94]
LEAVING TEHERAN FOR MESHED. [p. 96]
IN A PERSIAN GRAVEYARD. [p. 98]
PILGRIMS IN THE CARAVANSARY. [p. 99]
A PERSIAN WINE-PRESS. [p. 100]
CASTLE STRONGHOLD AT LASGIRD. [p. 102]
PILGRIM STONE HEAPS OVERLOOKING MESHED. [p. 104]
RIDING BEFORE THE GOVERNOR AT MESHED. [p. 105]
FEMALE PILGRIMS ON THE ROAD TO MESHED. [p. 106]
IN THE GARDEN OF THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE AT MESHED. [p. 107]
WATCH-TOWER ON THE TRANSCASPIAN RAILWAY. [p. 108]
GIVING A ’SILENT PILGRIM’ A ROLL TOWARD MESHED. [p. 109]
AN INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL KUROPATKINE AT THE RACES NEAR ASKABAD. [p. 111]
MOSQUE CONTAINING THE TOMB OF TAMERLANE AT SAMARKAND. [p. 112]
CARAVANSARY AT FAKIDAOUD. [p. 113]
A MARKET-PLACE IN SAMARKAND, AND THE RUINS OF A COLLEGE. [p. 114]
A RELIGIOUS DRAMA IN SAMARKAND. [p. 116]
OUR FERRY OVER THE ZERAFSHAN. [p. 118]
PALACE OF THE CZAR’S NEPHEW, TASHKEND. [p. 121]
A SART RESCUING HIS CHILDREN FROM THE CAMERA OF THE ’FOREIGN DEVILS.’ [p.
123]
VIEW OF CHIMKEND FROM THE CITADEL. [p. 125]
ON THE ROAD BETWEEN CHIMKEND AND VERNOYE. [p. 129]
UPPER VALLEY OF THE CHU RIVER. [p. 132]
KIRGHIZ ERECTING KIBITKAS BY THE CHU RIVER. [p. 134]
FANTASTIC RIDING AT THE SUMMER ENCAMPMENT OF THE COSSACKS. [p. 138]
STROLLING MUSICIANS. [p. 141]
THE CUSTOM-HOUSE AT KULDJA. [p. 143]
THE CHINESE MILITARY COMMANDER OF KULDJA. [p. 145]
TWO CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES IN THE YARD OF OUR KULDJA INN. [p. 146]
A MORNING PROMENADE ON THE WALLS OF KULDJA. [p. 148]
THE FORMER MILITARY COMMANDER OF KULDJA AND HIS FAMILY. [p. 151]
VIEW OF A STREET IN KULDJA FROM THE WESTERN GATE. [p. 153]
OUR RUSSIAN FRIEND AND MR. SACHTLEBEN LOADED WITH ENOUGH CHINESE ’CASH’ TO
PAY FOR A MEAL AT A KULDJA RESTAURANT. [p. 155]
A STREET IN THE TARANTCHI QUARTER OF KULDJA. [p. 158]
PRACTISING OUR CHINESE ON A KULDJA CULPRIT. [p. 160]
THE HEAD OF A BRIGAND EXPOSED ON THE HIGHWAY. [p. 161]
A CHINESE GRAVEYARD ON THE EASTERN OUTSKIRTS OF KULDJA. [p. 163]
SPLITTING POPPY-HEADS TO START THE OPIUM JUICE. [p. 165]
THE CHIEF OF THE CUSTOM-HOUSE GIVES A LESSON IN OPIUM SMOKING. [p. 167]
RIDING BEFORE THE GOVERNOR OF MANAS. [p. 168]
MONUMENT TO A PRIEST AT URUMTSI. [p. 170]
A BANK IN URUMTSI. [p. 171]
A MAID OF WESTERN CHINA. [p. 173]
STYLISH CART OF A CHINESE MANDARIN. [p. 174]
A CHINESE PEDDLER FROM BARKUL. [p. 176]
CHINESE GRAVES ON THE ROAD TO HAMI. [p. 178]
SCENE IN A TOWN OF WESTERN CHINA. [p. 179]
A LESSON IN CHINESE. [p. 180]
A TRAIL IN THE GOBI DESERT. [p. 182]
IN THE GOBI DESERT. [p. 183]
STATION OF SEB-BOO-TCHAN. [p. 185]
A ROCKY PASS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE GOBI. [p. 187]
A WASTE OF BLACK SAND IN THE GOBI. [p. 188]
A ROAD MARK IN THE GOBI DESERT. [p. 189]
WITHIN THE WESTERN GATE OF THE GREAT WALL. [p. 191]
RIDING BY THE GREAT WALL ON THE ROAD TO SU-CHOU. [p. 193]
A TYPICAL RECEPTION IN A CHINESE TOWN. [p. 196]
A CHINAMAN’S WHEELBARROW. [p. 199]
MONUMENT TO THE BUILDER OF A BRIDGE. [p. 201]
TWO PAGODAS AT LAN-CHOU-FOO. [p. 203]
MISSIONARIES AT LAN-CHOU-FOO. [p. 205]
LI-HUNG-CHANG. [p. 206]
OPIUM-SMOKERS IN A STREET OF TAI-YUEN-FOO. [p. 209]
MISSIONARIES AT TAI-YUEN-FOO. [p. 210]
ENTERING TONG-QUAN BY THE WEST GATE. [p. 211]
MONUMENTS NEAR ONE-SHE-CHIEN. [p. 212]
MONUMENT NEAR CHANG-SHIN-DIEN. [p. 215]
ON THE PEI-HO. [p. 217]
A CHINAMAN SCULLING ON THE PEI-HO. [p. 218]
SALT HEAPS AT THE GOVERNMENT WORKS AT TONG-KU. [p. 220]
WINDMILLS AT TONG-KU FOR RAISING SALT WATER. [p. 221]
FURNACE FOR BURNING WASTE PAPER BEARING WRITTEN CHARACTERS. [p. 225]
MR. LIANG, EDUCATED IN THE UNITED STATES, NOW IN THE SHIPPING BUSINESS.
[p. 228]
A CHINESE SEEDING-DRILL. [p. 230]
A CHINESE BRIDE. [p. 233]