In the Uttermost East; Being an Account of Investigations Among the Natives and Russian Convicts of the Island of Sakhalin, with Notes of Travel in Ko (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904. Excerpt: ... INDEX A., Mrs., 344, 345 Ado Tim, 135, 153, 155, 225, departure from, 307, description, 137, et seq., priest comes to, 230, return to, 304 Aga river, 443 station, 443 Aigun river, 37 Treaty of, 45 n., 57, 410 Ainus (Sakhalin), 113, 115, 160, 202, 383 difficulties of reaching, 87, 333, 334 La Perouse, 98 "loss" of written language, 240 numbers, 116 origin, 114 proposal to visit, 78-80 villages, 282 n., 283 (Yezo), 97, 165 Aleutian Isles, 116 Alexandrovka (Duika) river, Great, 84, 88, 223, 358 Little, 84,119, 358 Alexandrovsk, 121, 130, 376, 385, 398 arrival off, 77, 81 baxar (market-place), 352, 353, 386 cemetery, 352 Chancellerie, 82, 350 church service, 378 climate, 106-108, 379, 380 convict-servants, 377 convict-student, 84 departure, 119 description, 84, et seq., 335, 336 Alexandrovsk--continued. difficulties of leaving, 327333. 375 district (okrug), Chief of, 82, 85, 112, 116 farewell, 400 geological formation, 113 journal, 331 population, 84 precautions in, 355-357. 373 prison centre, chief, 116 prisoners, arrival, 141, 348, 349, classification, 338. gangs, 91, 336, 337, religious convictions, 364, 365 prisons, 336-340, 348, 362-365, rations, 343, 344, 394, "reformatory," 336-338, "testing," 337-339 return, 323-325 route to, 27, 54 scenes in, 336, 337, 351, 371, 376, 381-387 school games, 145, 369, 370 stormy nights, 380, 381 Alexandrovsky post (mainland), 401 Amgun river, 53, 61 Amur region (oblast), 44, 45, 462 river (Saghalien oula), 24, 95, 99, 102, 408, 409, 412, Blagovestchensk, 37, 38, 42 boundary, 45, 410, cession to Russia, 24, description, 48, et seq., escape by, 43 2 H Amur river--continued., Jesuit Fathers, 95, Khabarov descends, 44, Khabarovsk, 45, mouth (liman), 18, 61, 75, 117. 33, navigation, 27, 28, route by, 29-31, 327, sledging, 55...