ILLTJSTEATIONS. 



■VIEW IN THE THIAN SHAN .... Frontispiece 



THE RUINS OF ANCIENT BABYLON 



RUSSIAN EMIGRANTS FOR THE FAR EAST 



A TURKISH ROAD 



THROUGH THE TAURUS MOUNTAINS 



THE RUINS OF POMPEIOPOLIS 



THE RIVER JIHUN 



A WELL IN THE DESERT 



EXCAVATIONS AT BABYLON 



THE TOMB OF JONAH (NEBI YUNUS) ON THE MOUND OF THE SAME NAME 



BAGHDAD 



BRIDGE OVER THE DIALA 



KERMANSHAH 



THE HARD-WORKED BAGGAGE PONT 



THE OIL-WELLS OF BAKU 



KRASNOVODSK ... 



GEOK TEPPE 



BOKHARA 



THE CITADEL OF BOKHARA 



THE PRISON, BOKHARA . 



IN THE RIGISTAN, SAMARKAND . 



A STREET IN OLD TASHKENT 



A RUSSIAN POST-ROAD IN ASIA . 



A BROKEN BRIDUE ON THE POST-ROAD 



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