12 CONTENTS 



—The first Siberian dairy— The Government and co- 

 operative dairy-farming — State assistance to immigrants — 

 Professors of agriculture— Dairy schools— Co-operative 

 dairies — "Artels" — Cattle rearing — Conditions of land 

 tenure — Good work being done by the Government — 

 The shifting of the centre of gravity in the butter-pro- 

 ducing countries — British firms with branches in Siberia — 

 Methods of working— The British importer ranks first — 

 Horses in Siberia— Butter trains on the railway— Over-sea 

 transport. 



CHAPTER III 



KouRGAN — Petropavlovsk — Omsk . . . -76 



Kourgan — A sledge race — Petropavlovsk — Asiatic character 

 of the town — Caravan routes — Character of the native 

 Siberian — Criminal and political exiles — The Altai range — 

 Its mineral wealth — Speed on the Siberian railway — 

 Organisation of the traffic — ^The territory of Semipalatinsk 

 — Lakes and rivers — Salt lakes — Fauna of the region — 

 The Kirghiz — Their customs — Siberian Cossacks — Their 

 organisation — Pastimes and pursuits of the Kirghiz — Omsk 

 — ^Yermak — The " dead-house " — Educational, scientific, 

 and other institutions at Omsk — A tea caravan from 

 China — A gigantic waterway — Karachi — Lake Chany — 

 Kainsk — ^Jews in Kainsk — A watchman and his rattle — 

 Climate — Game exporting — A sledge drive in the dark — 

 Obi Bridge — Difficulties of navigation — Novo-Nicolaevsk 

 — A hearty welcome. 



CHAPTER IV 



NOVO-NICOLAEVSK — TOMSK — ALTAI . . . 108 



A stroll through Novo-Nicolaevsk — A Siberian tool-smith — 

 Travelling and travellers in Russia— 'A " Taiga " — A convict 

 train — Railway construction extraordinary — We visit Pro- 

 fessor SapozhnikofE — He discourages my intention to climb 

 Belukha— Further particulars of the Altai Range — A visit 

 to the Governor of Tomsk— Tomsk University— Other 

 educational and scientific institutions — Commercial estab- 



