  PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION. CHAPTER I. FROM PARIS TO ST. PETERSBURG. CHAPTER II. ST. PETERSBURG TO MOSCOW. CHAPTER III. MOSCOW NIJNI-NOVGOROD. CHAPTER IV. FROM NIJNI-NOVGOROD TO KAZAN. CHAPTER V. KAZAN JOURNEY TO PERM. CHAPTER VI. PERM THE ROAD TO CATHERINEBURG. CHAPTER VII. OUR PARTY ON THE ROAD TO TUMEN. CHAPTER VIII. A PERILOUS NIGHT ADVENTURE ON THE STEPPE OF OMSK. CHAPTER IX. THE COLD ON THE WAY TO TOMSK. CHAPTER X. THE GOVERNMENT OF YENISSEISK AND KRASNOIARSK. CHAPTER XI. KRASNOIARSK TO IRKUTSK. CHAPTER XIII. ATTEMPT AT ESCAPE BY A POLISH EXILE. CHAPTER XIV. IRKUTSK TO LAKE BAIKAL. CHAPTER XV. LAKE BAIKAL TO KIACHTA CHAPTER XVI. KIACHTA TO MAIMATCHIN. CHAPTER XVII. MAIMATCHIN TO URGA. CHAPTER XVIII. URGA AND THE ENTRY INTO THE DESERT OF GOBI. CHAPTER XIX. CARAVAN ACROSS THE DESERT OF GOBI. CHAPTER XX. FROM THE GREAT WALL TO TCHAH-TAO. CHAPTER XXI. TCHAH-TAO TO PEKIN. CHAPTER XXII. PEKIN DEPARTURE. NOTES. Note 1, Chap. II., Page 22 . Title: From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows A Narrative of a Journey by Sledge over the Snows of European Russia and Siberia, by Caravan Through Mongolia, Across the Gobi Desert and the Great Wall, and by Mule Palanquin Through China to Pekin Author: Victor Meignan Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 E-text prepared by Charlie Howard |
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FROM PARIS TO PEKIN OVER
SIBERIAN SNOWS.
THE MONASTERY OF TROITSA.
FROM PARIS TO PEKIN
OVER SIBERIAN SNOWS.
A NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY BY SLEDGE OVER THE SNOWS OF EUROPEAN
RUSSIA AND SIBERIA, BY CARAVAN THROUGH MONGOLIA,
ACROSS THE GOBI DESERT AND THE GREAT WALL,
AND BY MULE PALANQUIN THROUGH
CHINA TO PEKIN.
BY
VICTOR MEIGNAN,
EDITED FROM THE FRENCH BY
WILLIAM CONN.
With supplementary notes not contained in the original edition.
WITH A MAP AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM
SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR AND OTHERS.
LONDON:
W. SWAN SONNENSCHEIN AND CO.,
PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1885.
Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Limited, London and Aylesbury.