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      96. CHINESE MANDARIN

      97. INTERIOR OF CHINESE TEMPLE

      98. THROUGH ORDINARY EYES

      99. THROUGH CHINESE EYES

      100. LEGAL TENDER

      101. RUSSIAN PETS

      102. PONY EXPRESS

      103. A DISAGREEABLE APPENDAGE

      104. SUSPENDED FREEDOM

      105. PUNISHMENT FOR BURGLARY

      106. CHOPSTICK, FORK, AND SAUCER

      107. CHINESE THEATRE

      108. CHINESE TIGER

      109. CHINESE PUNISHMENT

      110. PROVISION DEALER

      111. CHINESE MENDICANTS

      112. THE FAVORITE

      113. FEMALE FEET AND SHOE

      114. A LOTTERY PRIZE

      115. A PEKIN CAB

      116. A CHINESE PALANQUIN

      117. PRIEST IN TEMPLE OF CONFUCIUS

      118. COMFORTS AND CONVENIENCES

      119. FILIAL ATTENTION

      120. TAIL PIECE—OPIUM PIPE

      121. A MUSICAL STOP

      122. NANKOW PASS

      123. RACING AT THE KALGAN FAIR

      124. STREET IN KALGAN

      125. IN GOOD CONDITION

      126. LOST IN THE DESERT OF GOBI

      127. MONGOL DINNER TABLE

      128. CROSSING THE TOLLA

      129. THE SCHOOLMASTER

      130. TAIL PIECE

      131. WILD BOAR HUNT

      132. A WIFE AT IRKUTSK

      133. NO WIFE AT IRKUTSK

      134. A SOUDNA

      135. AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

      136. LAKE BAIKAL IN WINTER

      137. A SPECIMEN

      138. TAIL PIECE—THE WORLD

      139. GOV. GENERAL KORSACKOFF

      140. VIEW—IRKUTSK

      141. A COLD ATTACHMENT

      142. QUEEN OF GREECE

      143. EMPEROR OF RUSSIA

      144. TAIL PIECE—TWIN BOTTLES

      145. HOME OF TWO EXILES—REAL, IMAGINARY

      146. TAIL PIECE—QUARTERS

      147. TARTAR CAVALRY

      148. SIBERIAN EXILES

      149. TAIL PIECE

      150. A VASHOK

      151. A KIBITKA

      152. FAREWELL TO IRKUTSK

      153. OUR CONDUCTOR

      154. JUMPING CRADLE HOLES

      155. VALLEY OF THE YENESEI

      156. WOLF HUNT

      157. HYDRAULIC MINING

      158. TAIL PIECE

      159. DOWN HILL

      160. DOGS AMONG ICE

      161. JUMPING THE FISSURES

      162. THE TEAM

      163. TAIL PIECE

      164. IN THE MINE

      165. STRANGE COINCIDENCE

      166. TAIL PIECE

      167. THE ELOPEMENT

      168. THE FIGHT

      169. THE CATASTROPHE

      170. TAIL PIECE

      171. THE POLKEDOVATE

      172. MAKING EXPLANATION

      173. AFTER THE BATH

      174. TAIL PIECE

      175. THE DRIVER'S TOILET

      176. WOMEN SPINNING

      177. FLOGGING WITH STICKS

      178. TAIL PIECE

      179. LOST IN A SNOW STORM

      180. FATAL RESULT

      181. TAIL PIECE

      182. EXCUSE MY FAMILIARITY

      183. FROSTED HORSES

      184. VIEW OF EKATERINEBURG

      185. EUROPE AND ASIA

      186. A RUSSIAN BEGGAR

      187. BEGGARS IN KAZAN

      188. THE IMMERSION

      189. RUSSIAN PRIEST

      199. TAIL PIECE

      191. GREAT BELL OF MOSCOW

      192. VIEW OF THE NEVSKI PROSPECT, ST. PETERSBURG

      193. TAIL PIECE—MEETING AN OLD FRIEND

      194. MAP TO ACCOMPANY THOS. W. KNOX'S "OVERLAND THROUGH ASIA"

       CHAPTER I.

      Off from New York—Around the world by steam—Value of a letter of credit—A cure for sea sickness—Doing the Isthmus—An exciting porpoise race—Glimpse of San Francisco—Trip to the Yo Semite Valley—From the Golden Gate into the Pacific

       CHAPTER II.

      A strange company—Difficulties of sea life—A tall man and a short room—How the dog went to sleep—A soapy cabin—Catching a booby—Two Sundays together—A long lost wreck—Incidents at sea—Manner of catching whales in Alaska—A four footed pilot—Dog stories—How to take an observation—Coast of Asia—Entering Avatcha bay—An economical light keeper

       CHAPTER III.

      In a Russian port—Hail Columbia—Petropavlovsk—Volcanoes and earth-quakes—Directions for making a Russian town—A Kamchadale wedding—Standing up with the bride—A hot ceremony—A much married pope—Russian religious practices—Drinking with the priest and what came of it

       CHAPTER IV.

      Vegetation in Kamchatka—Catching salmon—A scaly bridge—An evening on shore—Samovars and tea drinking—The fur trade—Bear hunting—What a cow brought home one day—Siberian dogs—A musical town—The adventures of Norcum—Training a team—Sledges and how to manage them—A voyage under the Polish flag—Monument to Captain Clerke—The allied attack—The battle of Petropavlovsk

       CHAPTER V.

      Bering's voyages—Discovery of Alaska—Shipwreck and death of Bering—The Russian-American Company—The first governor