CHAPTER XXVIII.
PEKING (_continued_)—AND HOME.
Difficulty of sketching in the streets—My journey from Peking to Tientsin—A Chinese house-boat—The Peiho River—Tientsin—From Tientsin to Shanghai—And home 371
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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THE “BISCAYA” LEAVING BLACKWALL 1
PREPARATIONS FOR THE ARCTIC REGIONS _To face_ 8
A “DEAD RECKONING” IN THE KARA SEA 10
OUR ICE-MASTER, CAPTAIN CROWTHER 13
CLEARING THE DRIFT ICE FROM THE PROPELLER 16
THE HOME OF THE WALRUS-HUNTER 20
THE “BISCAYA” ICE-BOUND IN THE KARA SEA _To face_ 24
AFTER SEALS 25
“ONE SPECK OF LIFE IN THE ICE-BOUND WASTE” 27
THE HANDSOMEST MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY 33
SAMOYEDE BOATMEN _To face_ 34
KARAOUL 36
THE SAMOYEDE’S GRAVE 39
A SAMOYEDE LADY 40
TRANSHIPMENT OF OUR CARGO TO THE “PHŒNIX” 43
OUR CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICER 48
KASANSKOI 50
TRADER’S HOUSE AT KASANSKOI 50
MINE HOST AT KASANSKOI 51
SWEET SEVENTEEN 53
A HOME IN NORTHERN SIBERIA: THE MORNING MEAL _To face_ 54
MATERFAMILIAS 55
TEMPORARY FARMYARD ON ONE OF THE BARGES _To face_ 57
TEA-TIME AT THE MEN’S QUARTERS ON SHORE 57
COSSACKS 58
A HOUSE-BOAT 60
THE “PHŒNIX” _To face_ 61
LOADING WOOD FOR THE “PHŒNIX” ” 66
DIFFICULT NAVIGATION 70
SELIVANAKA _To face_ 78
THE PRINCIPAL THOROUGHFARE, TURUCHANSK 80
OUR FIRST VISIT FROM OFFICIAL RUSSIA _To face_ 83
WERCHNEIMBACKSKOI ” 83
INTERESTED OBSERVERS 83
THE RUSSIAN POLICE OFFICER _To face_ 84
THE VILLAGE PRIEST 85
A VILLAGE BOAT 88
A RIVER PILOT 89
THE RIVER YENISEI AT WOROGORO _To face_ 90
STORING THE WINTER FORAGE: A VILLAGE SCENE ON THE YENISEI _To face_ 96
YENISEISK 97
PEASANT WOMAN 101
IN THE MARKET-PLACE, YENISEISK _To face_ 101
A PRISON BEAUTY 107
THE GOVERNOR VISITING THE MEN’S PRISON, YENISEISK _To face_ 109
THE MURDERERS’ DEPARTMENT, YENISEISK PRISON 111
THE GOVERNOR VISITING THE WOMEN’S PRISON, YENISEISK _To face_ 112
CRIMINAL PRISONERS WAITING AT YENISEISK FOR CONVOY TO START FOR KRASNOIARSK _To face_ 113
STREET SCENE, YENISEISK 117
A WATER-CARRIER 118
GETTING WATER FROM THE FROZEN RIVER YENISEI _To face_ 118
THE HIGH STREET, YENISEISK ” 118
A SWELL 119
THE TWO COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS, YENISEISK _To face_ 120
LIFE IN SIBERIA: AN AFTERNOON DRIVE IN YENISEISK ” 121
READY TO START 123
“GOOD-BYE” 126
IN THE MEAT MARKET, KRASNOIARSK 131
A TYPICAL SIBERIAN INTERIOR, KRASNOIARSK 132
SNOW SCAVENGER, KRASNOIARSK _To face_ 133
THE CATHEDRAL, KRASNOIARSK 134
A CONVOY OF PRISONERS ON THE MARCH (ENLARGEMENT FROM AN INSTANTANEOUS KODAK PHOTO) _To face_ 138
PRISONERS UNLOADING SLEDGES ON ARRIVAL AT PERASILNY, KRASNOIARSK _To face_ 140
VERIFICATION OF PRISONERS ON ARRIVAL AT PERASILNY, KRASNOIARSK _To face_ 141
THE STAROSTER OF THE GANG 142
GROUP OF PRISONERS (FROM A GOVERNMENT PHOTO) 144
A “PRIVILIGIERT,” OR PRIVILEGED PRISONER 148
PEASANT WOMEN SELLING PROVISIONS TO PRISONERS 149
WATCHMAN ON DUTY IN FIRE TOWER, KRASNOIARSK _To face_ 155
MY SERVANT 156
ARRIVAL AT A POST STATION 164
INTERIOR OF A POST-HOUSE _To face_ 166
THE IMPERIAL MAIL ” 173
IRKUTSK 180
THE MOSKOVSKAIA PODVORIÉ, IRKUTSK _To face_ 180
AN IRKUTSK BEAUTY 185
ENTRANCE HALL OF MILLIONAIRE GOLD-MINE OWNER’S HOUSE, IRKUTSK 186
STREET SCENE, IRKUTSK 188
A COSSACK _To face_ 190
AN IRKUTSK POLICEMAN ” 191
THE MUSEUM, IRKUTSK 191
THE RECREATION GROUND, IRKUTSK PRISON 192
MARRIED PRISONERS WAITING TO BE SERVED WITH NEW CLOTHES ON ARRIVAL AT PRISON, IRKUTSK _To face_ 193
THE PRISON ARTIST ” 196
THE BARONESS 201
A “POLITICAL” (FROM A GOVERNMENT PHOTO) _To face_ 205
“SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES:” VISITING-DAY IN THE IRKUTSK PRISON _To face_ 206
AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM THE BARONESS ” 207
THE HIGH STREET, IRKUTSK 208
IN THE COURTYARD OF A FIRE STATION, IRKUTSK 215
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S HOUSE, IRKUTSK 218
STREET SCENE, IRKUTSK 220
A BIT ON THE ROAD TO LAKE BAIKAL 221
THE RIVER ANGARA NEAR LAKE BAIKAL 225
LIESTVINITZ, ON LAKE BAIKAL 229
A LAKE BAIKAL STEAMER 231
CROSSING LAKE BAIKAL 233
THE KUPETSKI TRACK 235
A POST-HOUSE ON THE KUPETSKI TRACK 238
A TEA CART 240
DAY-DREAMS: A SKETCH IN THE TRANS-BAIKAL _To face_ 242
THE HIGH STREET, TROITZKOSAVSK ” 245
MY FIRST GLIMPSE OF MONGOLIA ” 246
A BOURRIATE LADY 247
SKETCH BY A POLITICAL PRISONER, MADE WHILST ON THE MARCH ACROSS SIBERIA (THE ORIGINAL IS IN SEPIA AND WHITE) _To face_ 248
ON THE ROAD TO OURGA 249
A MONGOL YOURT 253
A MONGOL 254
OUR MIDDAY HALT 260
A STREET MUSICIAN, OURGA 272
THE PRINCIPAL THOROUGHFARE, OURGA _To face_ 273
A PILGRIM FROM THIBET 277
A LAMA 281
A PRAYER-WHEEL, OURGA 283
PRAYER-BOARDS, OURGA 284
“THE OLD, OLD STORY ALL THE WORLD OVER” _To face_ 286
IN THE CAMEL AND PONY BAZAAR, OURGA ” 293
IN THE BAZAAR, OURGA ” 294
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE “CARGUE:” A SKETCH OUTSIDE THE PRISON, OURGA _To face_ 295
AN OURGA BEAUTY ” 299
IN THE GOBI DESERT 301
MY CAMEL-CART _To face_ 303
MONGOL CONVEYING THE RUSSIAN LIGHT MAIL ACROSS THE GOBI DESERT _To face_ 306
THE MIDDAY HALT IN THE DESERT 309
MY CARAVAN IN THE DESERT (FROM A KODAK PHOTO) 313
WE MEET THE HOMEWARD-BOUND MAIL 314
THE LAMA SETTLEMENT OF TCHO-IYR IN THE GOBI DESERT 315
I TAKE TEA WITH A LAMA IN THE GOBI DESERT _To face_ 316
THE RUSSIAN POST-STATION IN MID-DESERT 318
IN THE GOBI DESERT: A TEA CARAVAN ON ITS WAY TO SIBERIA (FROM A KODAK PHOTO) 320
IN THE GOBI DESERT: LADY VISITORS TO OUR ENCAMPMENT _To face_ 323
“YE GENTLE SHEPHERDESS OF YE STEPPE” ” 324
STREET SCENE, YAMBOOSHAN (SHOWING THE “GREAT WALL” ON MOUNTAIN IN BACKGROUND) _To face_ 332
MY MULE-LITTER ” 338
THE COURTYARD OF A CHINESE INN 341
A “ROOM” IN A CHINESE INN 343
A NASTY BIT OF ROAD _To face_ 346
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA AT THE ENTRANCE TO NANKAOU PASS _To face_ 348
STREET SCENE, TARTAR CITY, PEKING 356
CHINESE REVENUE CRUISERS IN HONG KONG ROADSTEAD (FROM A PHOTO GIVEN BY SIR ROBERT HART) _To face_ 363
SIR ROBERT HART, G.C.M.G., IN HIS “DEN” AT PEKING _To face_ 366
MY HOUSE-BOAT 375
SHANGHAI 380
FROM THE ARCTIC OCEAN TO THE YELLOW SEA.