A
Abakum, Pass and Gorge of, 185, 186-7;
advertisements in, 187
Africa taken by Attila, 48
Agriculturists, emigration of, 138
Alabaster Mosque, Cairo, 40
Alai Tau Mountains, 90
Alakul, Lake, 149
Alani, the, 47
Alexander of Macedon, 56
Alexander the Great, 44
Alexandrovsky Mountains, 90
Altai, Central, 218 et seq.
Altai, flora of, 229
Altai Mountains, the, 8
Altaiskaya, 220, 228, 229
Altin-Emel, Government aid to emigrants, 150;
the cross-roads for China, 173, 174
America—after the war, 265
Amu-Darya, 24
Anderson, Wm. C., an open letter to Lord Milner, 253-7
Anglo-Russian friendship, prospects of, 237 et seq.
Antonovka, 94
Ants, ravages of, 129-130
Apples, the City of. (See Verney)
Arabs and Semitic tribes, conquests of, 49
Arazan, dinner at, 184
Arbitration courts, 261
Arizona, 255
Artisans, emigration of, 140
Asbestos, the question of supply of, 246
Ascension Day, the Russian, 99
Asia, a former frontier of, 6;
the deserts of, 17, 18
Askhabad, the railway station, 22;
fall of, 65;
extension of Central Asian Railway to, 68
Astrakhan, fall of, 64
Attila, Huns of, 48;
conquests of, 48
Aulie Ata, captured by Russians, 64;
a mysterious city, 101;
a former Moslem shrine, 104;
the native orchestra, 106;
its cathedral, 113;
sheep as payment, 114;
frequency of earthquakes in, 114;
population of, 123
Australia, irrigation possibilities in, 255;
railway system of, 259;
military service compulsory in, 259, 261;
federation of, 261;
the Press of, 261
B
Bactrain labourers, 19
Baku, 10;
the bazaar, 11;
the harbour, 12
Balkan war: the St. James’s Conference, 213
Balkans, the, 18
Balkhash, Lake, 149, 203
Balta, 3
Baltic, islands of, conquered by Attila, 48
Barber, a Sart, 181
Barber-photographer, a, 97
Baskau, River, 189
Beaconsfield, Lord, and the “keys of India,” 237
Belukha, Mount, 228
Bibi Khanum, wife of Tamerlane the Great, 51
Bielovodsk, 122
Blagoveshtchensk, Siberians versus Chinese, 171
Bobrovo, 229
Bokhara, Ancient and New, 27
Bokhara, Russian Protectorate of, 25, 66;
absence of hotels in, 27;
scenes in, 27;
a Mohammedan settlement in, 27;
houses, shops, and bazaars of, 28;
its silver coinage, 29;
the sacred stork of, 31;
Russia’s hold on, 32;
power of Mohammedanism in, 35 et seq.;
Uzbeks in, 63;
the Central Asian Railway and, 69
Bokharese, the, 31-2;
and the battle of Irdzhar, 65
Bokharese delight, 29
Boxer insurrection, the, 171
Bozhe-Narimsky, 218, 220
Brisbane, the, a poem on launch of, 262-3
British Empire, the, necessity for consolidation of, 245-6;
white population in, 249, 269;
after-the-war problems, 249 et seq.;
and the Russian Empire, 249-270;
expert development of resources necessary, 256;
a Tasmanian view of future problems of, 258-262
British Isles, the, after the war, 265
Buddhism, attempted introduction of, into Central Asia, 49
Bulgaria, alienation of, by Britain, 213
Burnaby’s “Ride to Khiva,” 239
C
Cabbage pies, 8
Cairo, 40
California, 255
Camel-breeding, Kirghiz women and, 219
Canada, comparison with Siberia, 208-9;
suggested after-the-war measures for, 254;
aliens in, 264
Carlyle, Thomas: “Heroes and Hero-Worship,” 37-9;
his pro-Russian proclivities, 239
Carpet-making in Transcaspia, 33
Caspian Sea, the, 10
Caucasians, author’s impression of, 5
Caucasus, the, future development of, 5
Central Asia, ethnology and, 44;
races of, 44 et seq.;
Chinese attempt the introduction of Buddhism, 49
Central Asian Railway, building of, 66, 68, 69;
consecration of, 69
Cervus canadensis asiaticus. (See Maral)
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph, 251
Charchafs, 26, 28
Chardzhui, 25;
extension of Central Asian Railway to, 69
Cheesecakes, sweet, 8
Cherkask, 197
Chimkent, Russian capture of, 64;
the cinema at, 86;
the bazaar, 87;
population of, 123
China attacked by the Huns, 45-6;
the Great Wall of, 46;
Russians in, 70;
the Boxer insurrection, 171;
land proportional to population in, 268
Chinatown, New York, 26
Chinawomen and maral horn, 220
Chinese, altruistic, 176, 182;
a native circus, 176 et seq.
Chinese Tartary, 8;
Mohammedans, 36, 164
Chingildinsky, 165
Chingiz Khan, 49-50
Christianity versus Mohammedanism, 37 et seq.
Chugachak, 182
Churek-cakes, 29
Cinema theatres, popularity of, 61, 86, 104, 159, 211
Colonial preference, question of, 245
Colonials, British admiration for, 267
“Commonwealth, Prospect of a,” 249 (note)
Confederation of the Round Table, the, 249
Constantinople, Germany and, 242;
Dostoieffsky on, 242;
and the Great War, 243
Constantinovka, 132
Cornucula, 95
Cotton goods, 206-7
Crooke, William, letter to author, 258-262
Curzon, Earl, 237
D
Danchenko, Namirovitch, on Russian conquest of India, 238
Dariel, Gorge of, 5;
the “Kremlin” of, 7
De Vesselitsky, M., 208
Deer-farming, 219 et seq.
Dengil-Tepe taken by Kuropatkin, 65
Denmark, conquest of, by Attila, 48
Derevnyi, 122
Desert, the, railways in, 17;
wheatfields in, 19, 20;
antiquity of, 20;
its flora, 20
Dockers, Persian, 12
Dolinadalin, 3
Dostoieffsky, Fedor, 210;
on Russia’s demand for Constantinople, 242
Dukhobors in Canada, 264
Duncani, the, 36
Dunkan, a, 120
E
Earthquakes, frequency of, 57, 114, 156
Egypt, the shepherd dynasty of, 44
Electricity, a Caucasian contract for, 4
Emigrants, house-building by, 153-4;
a suggested export tax on, 259
Emigration, compulsory, 260
Emigration, Russian, 138 et seq.;
inducements for, 141;
restrictions concerning, 142;
concessions on rail and steamer, 144 et seq.
England and India, 241
England and Russia: the question of India, 241-4;
rivalry of empire, 244-6;
the trade treaty, 246-7;
the basis of friendship, 247-8
English, uneasiness of, at Russian progress, 66, 245
Ethnology and Central Asia, 44
Europe, after-the-war prospects of, 249 et seq.
F
Factory hands, emigration of, 140
Falanga, hairy-legged, 116
Falconry, the Kirghiz knowledge of, 200
Falcons in Bokhara, 29
Fatalism, Mohammedanism and, 42
Ferghan, grants in aid of emigration to, 152
Flint-hunting in the Caucasus, 5, 6
Fortoug, 3
Froude as pro-Russian, 239
G
Gavrilovka, 175
Geok-Tepe, 21;
the railway station of, 21;
storming of, 68
Georgians, 4, 16
Germany, conquered by Attila, 48;
preparations for Great War in, 214;
an enemy of Anglo-Russian friendship, 239;
and Constantinople, 242;
white population in, 249
Gimnasistki, 214
Gladstone, Right Hon, W. E., a pro-Russian, 239
Goths, the, 47, 48
Great War, the, Germany’s ambitions, 67;
reception of news of declaration of war at Semipalatinsk, 213;
Germany’s preparations for, 214;
England’s unpreparedness for, 231
Gregoriefsky, 197
Grosnoe, 99
Grozdny, 10
Gusinaya Pristan, 216
H
Hassan, Sultan, Mosque of, 40
Havana cigars in Kopal, 182
Huns, the, 45, 46 et seq.;
of Attila, 48;
Mongolian, 49
Hydrotechnics, Russian, 190, 193 et seq.
I
Ikons, Russian, 10
Ili, River, 149, 164
Ili, valley of the, 162
Iliisk, 163
Imperial commission for after-the-war problems, an, 266
Ince-Agatch, 204
India and Russia, 237 et seq.;
Namirovitch Danchenko on Russian conquest of, 238;
fear of Russian designs on, by British politicians, 241-2;
the overland route to, 243;
overcrowding in, 268
Indian frontier, the, 8
Indians, the, 44
Irdzhar, battle of, 65
Irrigation, artificial, in the desert, 20;
engineering students, 190, 193 et seq.
Irtish River, 211 et seq.
Issik-Kul, Lake, 149
J
Jaiman Terekti, 189
Jangiz-Agatch, 175
Jarasai, 160
Jarkent, a jurisdiction of Seven Rivers Province, 148;
rice-growing in, 149;
Government aid to emigrants to, 150
Jerakhof, Gorge of, 3
“Jericho, trumpets of,” 106
K
Kabul Sai, 74
Kalmeeks, the, 46, 221
Karabulak, 175
Karachok, 168
Karakirghiz, the, 63
Kara-Kum, desert of, 24
Karakurt, the, 116, 162
Karasbi, 160
Katun-Karagai, 220
Kaufmann, General von, 62
Kazan, fall of, 64
Kazanskaya Bogoroditsa, 132
Kazbek mountain and Prometheus, 7
Khalati, 19
Khodoki, 124, 136, 137, 142, 143, 144, 152
Khodzkent captured by Russians, 65
Khosaïn Tereka, 4
Khiva, 44;
Uzbeks in, 63;
under Russian protection, 66
Kief, University of, student life at, 125
Kinglake: his pro-Russian sympathies, 239
Kirghiz, the, 19, 45, 46, 74 et seq., 116, 221;
become Russian subjects, 65;
their system of pecunia, 114;
skill at falconry, 200;
relieved of military service, 208
Kirghiz Cossacks, the, 63-4;
women, description of, 83-4;
wedding, 168;
banquet, 191, 192;
women and camel-breeding, 219
Kizil Arvat, 68
Kok-sa River, 175
Kokand, 63;
Uzbeks of, defeated by Russians, 64
Kopal, population of, 123;
a jurisdiction of Seven Rivers Province, 148;
a walk to, 173;
author’s arrival at, 175;
a quaint clock at, 176;
visit to a Chinese circus, 176-181;
altruistic Chinamen, 182;
boundary of, 182;
facilities to sportsmen, 182
Koran, the, Carlyle and, 41
Kosh Agatch, 218
Kosuli, 116
Koumis, 80, 81, 86, 199
Krasnovodsk, 10, 15 et seq.;
a Georgian host in, 16;
siege of, 65
Kruglenkoe, 174
Kuan-Kuza, 172, 173
Kugalinskaya, 174
Kugalinskaya Stanitsa, 174
Kurdai, 132
Kuropatkin, Colonel, 65
Kursistki, 214
L
Labour question in England, the, 268
Larse, a night at an inn, 4-5
Lava-Khedei, mosque of, 34
Law, Mr. Bonar, 251-3, 266, 267, 268
Lepers, 129
Lepeshki, 19, 29, 130
Lepsa, the, 203
Lepsinsk, 148, 186, 188, 192;
“removal” of, 193;
the information bureau, 194;
a Cossack settlement, 196
Lermontof’s “Demon”: scene of story of, 6
Lessovaya zemlya, the, 20
Liamin, M., 165-172
Lignitz, battle of, 50
Linbovinskaya, 132, 133
Lodz: its production of shoddy cotton, 206
“Lodzinsky,” definition of, 206
Ludzon, 225
M
Mahomet, birth of, 49
Malo-Krasnoyarsk, 218
Maly Narimsky, 220
Mankent, 92
Maral, the country of the,