52 The National Geographic Magazine 



The dining-car sen-ice compares as fa- 

 vorably with ours as the ordinary Euro- 

 pean hotel does with the American — no 

 better and no worse.* 



The trip is an exceedingly interesting 

 and instructive one, and, so far as the 

 railroad is concerned, can be made with 

 entire comfort. With the Manchurian 

 division open for traffic in another year, 

 the ' ' round-the-world ' ' travel is sure to 

 go that wa} r , for climatic advantages, 

 together with the saving of time and 

 money, will give it undoubted prefer- 

 ence over any other. At present a 

 knowledge of the Russian or German 

 language or the employment of an in- 



* For the benefit of prospective tourists I give 

 the items of expense between Vladivostok and 

 Moscow : 



R. K. 



Hotel Vladivostok, one day 8.57 



Fare, Vladivostok to Khabarovsk, 478 



miles 17.05 



Meals, Vladivostok to Khabarovsk, 



on train 4.00 



Hotel at Khabarovsk, one da}' 9.80 



Steamer fare to Blagovestchensk, say 



500 miles 24.00 



Board on steamer to Blagovestchensk . 19. 15 



Extra baggage 1 .68 



Steamer fare to Stretensk, say 942 



miles 30.00 



Board to Stretensk : 3100 



Hotel at Stretensk, one day 4.58 



Railroad fare to Irkutsk, 747 miles. . . 24.40 



Extra baggage 5.40 



Railroad fare to Moscow, 3,463 miles. 63.50 



Express speed ticket 12.60 



Sleeping-car charges 1S.90 



Hotel at Irkutsk, three days 15 .65 



Extra baggage, Irkutsk to Moscow.. 16.13 



306.41 



Equals United States money $157 • So 



Meals, Irkutsk to Moscow, estimited. $25.00 

 Extra food on whole trip, with mineral 



water, and bed-clothing, estimated. 38.00 



Tips, fees, etc , as you please 00.00 



Total 6,130 miles first-class, in- 

 cluding hotels $220.80 



Fare alone on train, including sleeping-car, 

 but no meals, including baggage for 4,68S 

 miles, $81.34 — 1.74 cents per mile. 



terpreter is almost necessary, but En- 

 glish is being spoken more and more, 

 and will soon be the commercial lan- 

 guage of the world. Indeed, the clerk 

 at the leading hotel in Moscow told me 

 that the great increase of American and 

 English travel through Russia this year 

 had compelled him either to learn the 

 language or give up his place. 



A Picture of a Chocolate Wrapper 



Found in a Peasant's Hut in 



the Heart of Siberia 



The chocolate was made by a Russian firm. 

 The use of President McKiniey's picture and 

 of the American flag to make the candy popu- 

 lar among themselves, illustrates the affection 

 which the people of Siberia feel for William 

 McKinley and the American people. 



