CONTENTS 



OF 



THE FIRST VOLUME. 



CHAPTER I. 



FROM KIAKHTA TO PEKING. 



Eve of departure — Post across Mongolia — Mode of conveyance 

 — Departure from Kiakhta — Physical features of the country 

 north of Urga — Temples there — Brick-tea — The Kutukhtu and 

 Chinese Policy towards Lamaism — Description of the town — 

 Disposal of the dead— Government — The Dungans — The Gobi 

 — Its character — Its vegetation and inhabitants — The post-road 

 — Argols — Rapacity of crows— The Sand-grouse {Syrrhaptes) 

 — The Mongol lark — The Alpine hare — The Steppe antelope 

 {Dzeren) — Antelope-shooting — The native methods of hunting 

 — Pastures of the Chakhar Mongols — Characteristics of people 

 — Border-land of the Mongolian Plateau — Town of Kalgan or 

 Chang-kia-kau— Tea caravans — Chinese Impositions on Mon- 

 gols — The Great Wall — Compradors and their Dialect — 

 * Pigeon-Russian' — Road to Peking — Chinese inns and cuisine 

 — Descent into great plain of China — Arrival at Peking . 



CHAPTER II. 



THE MONGOLS. 



The Mongols — Physical characteristics — Modification of cha- 

 racter on the Chinese border— Pigtail introduced — Costume — 

 The Yurta or Felt Tent — Uncleanliness — Tea-drinking— Food 

 and beverages — Gluttony — Animal food — Cattle — Importance 

 of their herds— Indolent habits — Physical capabilities and de- 

 fects — Cowardice — Sagacity and obtuseness — Curiosity — Points 

 of the compass — Estimation of distance — Calendar and Year- 



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