CONTAINING, AMONG OTHER INFORMATION, A SERIES OF MARCH、
ROUTES, COMPILED FROM A RUSSIAN WORK.

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NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

INTRODUCTION.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

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Information about Khiva.-Cold in Russia.-East Wind.-Russian Au-

thorities. Count Schouvaloff.-General Milutin.-Christianity and Civ-

ilization.—Anglo-Russian Railways in Central Asia.-Preparations for

the Journey.The Sleeping Bag.-Cockle's Pills. -Arms. Instru-

ments.-Cookery Apparatus.

CHAPTER II.

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Waist-belt for Gold.-A Servant an Incumbrance when Traveling.-Co-

logne.-Russian Diplomatic Agent.-The Nord Newspaper.-The Dis-

raeli Suez Canal Shares.—Baron Reuter.—Strausberg.—Examination of

Passports and Sleeping-bag.-Railway Traveling in Russia. Refresh-

ment-rooms.-Russian Disregard of Time.-Officials easily Suborned.—

St. Petersburg. Sleigh-drivers.-The Russian Piece in any Theatre.—A

Russian's Dislike to his Own Language.-His Contempt for any thing

purely Russian.-Military Rank at Village Drinking Establishments.—

Jonka.—Table-d'hôte.—Fish Soups.—India and Education.—Agitators.

-Our Military Attachés very Industrious.-General Kauffmann's Dislike

to Publicity. Mr. Schuyler.-Bismarck and the Russian Language.—

All have their Price.-Gold an Open Sesamé.-Letter to General Milu-

tin.-Count Schouvaloff's Brother not in St. Petersburg..

CHAPTER III.

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The Volga frozen. -Navigation stopped in the Caspian. - The Russian

Boundary-line in the East.-Reports are rife in Russia.-The Press is

gagged.-General Milutin's Regard for my Safety.-Ignorance of Clerks

at Railway Station.-Cartridge-case.-Insurgents in Herzegovina.—Sub-

scriptions.—England bent upon Money-making.—Austria allied with En-

gland. The Baltic Provinces.-The Russians' Hatred of Austria and

Germany.-Bismarck's Policy.-Mr. Leslie, our Consul in Moscow.. 36

CHAPTER IV.

Railway Officials.-Unpunctuality of Trains.-Frauds on the Railway Com-

panies.-Old Spirit of Serfdom.-Socialistic and Nihilist Tendencies.—