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FROM POLE TO POLE
A Book for Young People
by
SVEN HEDIN
[Illustration: DR. SVEN HEDIN IN TIBETAN DRESS. _Frontispiece._]
The MacMillan Co. of Canada, Ltd.
Toronto
MacMillan and Co., Limited
St. Martin's Street, London
1914
Copyright
First Edition 1912
Reprinted 1914
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
This translation of Dr. Sven Hedin's _Från Pol till Pol_ has, with
the author's permission, been abridged and edited for the use of
English-speaking young people.
CONTENTS
PART I
I. ACROSS EUROPE-- PAGE
STOCKHOLM TO BERLIN 1
BERLIN 4
BERLIN TO CONSTANTINOPLE 8
CONSTANTINOPLE 13
THE CHURCH OF THE DIVINE WISDOM 15
THE BAZAARS OF STAMBUL 20
II. CONSTANTINOPLE TO TEHERAN (1905)--
THE BLACK SEA 26
TREBIZOND TO TEHERAN 29
III. THROUGH THE CAUCASUS, PERSIA, AND MESOPOTAMIA
(1885-6)--
ST. PETERSBURG TO BAKU 34
ACROSS PERSIA 37
ARABIA 40
BAGHDAD TO TEHERAN 42
IV. THE PERSIAN DESERT (1906)--
ACROSS THE KEVIR 46
THE OASIS OF TEBBES 51
V. ON THE KIRGHIZ STEPPE (1893-5)--
INTO ASIA FROM ORENBURG 55
SAMARCAND AND BUKHARA 59
THE PAMIR 62
"THE FATHER OF ICE-MOUNTAINS" 66
A KIRGHIZ GYMKHANA 69
VI. FROM PERSIA TO INDIA (1906)--
TEBBES TO SEISTAN 72
A BALUCHI RAID 75
SCORPIONS 80
THE INDUS 82
KASHMIR AND LADAK 87
VII. EASTERN TURKESTAN (1895)--
THE TAKLA-MAKAN DESERT 89
ACROSS A SEA OF SAND 90
THE END OF THE CARAVAN 93
WATER AT LAST 97
VIII. THE DESERT WATERWAY (1899)--
DOWN THE YARKAND RIVER 102
THE TARIM 105
THE WANDERING LAKE 107
WILD CAMELS 109
IX. IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND (1901-2, 1906-8)--
THE PLATEAU OF TIBET 111
ATTEMPT TO REACH LHASA 115
THE TASHI LAMA 124
WILD ASSES AND YAKS 126
X. INDIA--
FROM TIBET TO SIMLA 130
DELHI AND AGRA 131
BENARES AND BRAHMINISM 134
THE LIGHT OF ASIA 137
BOMBAY 141
THE USEFUL PLANTS OF INDIA 142
WILD ELEPHANTS 145
THE COBRA 148
XI. FROM INDIA TO CHINA (1908)--
THE INDIAN OCEAN 152
THE SUNDA ISLANDS 153
PENANG AND SINGAPORE 156
UP THE CHINA SEA 157
XII. CHINA--
TO SHANGHAI 161
"THE MIDDLE KINGDOM" 164
THE BLUE RIVER 169
IN NORTHERN CHINA 172
MONGOLIA 176
MARCO POLO 179
XIII. JAPAN (1908)--
NAGASAKI AND KOBE 185
FUJIYAMA AND TOKIO 190
NIKKO, NARA, AND KIOTO 193
XIV. BACK TO EUROPE--
KOREA 197
MANCHURIA 199
THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY 202
THE VOLGA AND MOSCOW 207
ST. PETERSBURG AND HOME 210