16 CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XI 



PACE 



Conclusion 304 



Exploration and commercial success — The expedition to 

 Russia of 1553 and its results — How British trade was 

 made — ^Advantages of life in Siberia — Russia and our 

 alliance with Japan — Cotton and the Lancashire mills — 

 Japan and China. 



Appendix I 312 



Appendix II 315 



