Oriental and western Siberia : a narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures in Siberia, Mongolia the Kirghis steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia / by Thomas Witlam Atkinson.

  • Atkinson, Thomas Witlam, 1799-1861.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Oriental and western Siberia : a narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures in Siberia, Mongolia the Kirghis steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia / by Thomas Witlam Atkinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS (HAP. PAGE I. ST. PETEKSBURG TO EKATERINEBURG ..... 1 II. IRON MINES 13 III. EXCURSIONS ON THE TCHOUSSOWAIA ..... 25 IV. ASCENT OF THE KATCPIKANAR ...... 46 V. MINERAL TREASURES OF THE OURAL ..... 64 VI. PRECIOUS STONES OF SIBERIA . . . . .91 VH. IRON AND GOLD WORKS . . . . . . .110 VIH. ENGLISHMEN IN THE OURAL . . . . . .129 IX. ADVENTURES AMONG THE MOUNTAINS .... 141 X. BORDER LANDS OF ASIATIC RUSSIA . . . . .156 XI. APPROACH TO THE ALTAI RANGE . . . . .169 XH. ASCENT OF THE ALTAI . . . . . . .187 XIII. FRONTIER OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE . . . . .214 XIV. DESCENT OF THE IRTJSCH ....... 227 XV. THE KIRGHIS STEPPE ....... 246 XVI. AMONG THE KIRGHIS ....... 262 XVII. ADVENTURES IN THE STEPPE ...... 280 XVHI. RAMBLES AMONG THE KIRGHIS ...... 307 XIX. BARNAOUL ......... 325 XX. SPORTING ADVENTURES . . . . . . .341 XXI. ON THE LAKES OF THE ALTAI ...... 360 XXII. THE CHAINS OF THE ALTAI ...... 377 XXHI. ASCENT OF THE BIELOUKA ...... 404 XXIV. THE COUNTRY OF THE KALKAS ANCIENT MONGOLIA . .441 XXV. PLAINS OF MONGOLIA ....... 455 XXVI. CHINESE TARTARY . . . . . . . .481 XXVII. TCHIN-SI AND SYAN-SHAN ....... 535 XXVHI. THE SULTANS OF THE STEPPE . . . . . . 556 XXIX. SAIAN MOUNTAINS — ORIENTAL SIBERIA .... 580