A ride to Khiva : travels and adventures in Central Asia / by Fred Burnaby ; with maps and an appendix, containing ... a series of march-routes, translated from several Russian works.

  • Frederick Gustavus Burnaby
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A ride to Khiva : travels and adventures in Central Asia / by Fred Burnaby ; with maps and an appendix, containing ... a series of march-routes, translated from several Russian works. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Introduction PAC.B CHAPTER I. Information about Khiva—Cold in Russia—East Wind—Russian Authorities —Count Schouvaloff—General Milutin—Christianity and Civilization— Anglo-Russian Railways in Central Asia—Preparations for the Journey —The Sleeping Bag—Cockle’s Pills—Arms—Instruments—Apparatus for Cooking CHAPTER II. AYaist-belt for Gold—A Servant an Encumbrance when Travelling—Cologne —Russian Diplomatic Agent—The Nord Newspaper—Mr. Disraeli—The Suez Canal Shares—Baron Reuter—Strausberg—Examination of Passports —Of Sleeping Bag—Railway Travelling in Russia—Refreshment Rooms— Russian disregard of Time—Officials easily Suborned—St. Petersburg Sleigh Drivers—No Russian Piece in any Theatre—A Russian’s Dislike to his own Language—His Contempt for anything purely Russian—Military Rank—A Village Drinking Establishment—Jonka— Table d'htte—Y\'^ Soups—India and Education—Agitators—General Kauffmann’s Dislike to Publicity—Mr. Schuyler—Bismarck and tlie Russian Language—All have their Price—Gold an Open Sesame— Letter to General Milutin—Count SchouvalolT’s Brother not in St. Petersburg CHAPTER III. 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 England—The Baltic Provinces—The Russians’ Platred of Austria and Germany—Bismarck’s Policy—Mr. Leslie, Her Majesty’s Consul in Moscow ... 31
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