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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1901 Excerpt: ... INDEX. Akmolinsk Steppe, 15 note. Russian colonisation of, 21. Aldan River, 61, 62, 128. Gold and silver found on, 86. Amga River, 62. Amur region conquered by Khaba-roff, 65. Anabar River: --Condition of population, 212. Expedition reaches, 210. Andree Expedition: --Carrier-pigeon stories, 247, 249. No traces of, 217, 243, 259. A Reports, 28, 107, 260; Explan-ation of, 28. Andreieff discovers Bear Islands, 119. Androssoff, Chief: --Saves lives of Noros and Nin-demann, 154, 157. Visits author, 203. Antonoff, Michail, Dolgan Chief,2i6. Speech to his men, 218. Archangel, Exiles to, 263. Arctic Sea, Expedition starts over, 190, 194. Aurora borealis, 215. Bachak-Irban, a "Batyr," 52. Bachoff, 119-Baikal Lake, 51. Balagan Syr, Expedition arrives at. 177. Balskoie Osero, "the Great Lake," 214. Bantsaroff, Dorschi, learned Buriat, 56. Baratinsky Steppe, 15. Barga-Buriats, 52. Basilevsky, "gold-Baron," 289. Beresovka Valley, 37. Bering's Strait discovered, 119. Bludnoie River, 219. Boganida Lake, 240. Bogeras, his linguistic and ethno-graphic researches, 121. Boskaya Island, 178. Buddhist monastery at Goose Lake, 54-Buddhist missionaries in Mongolia, 54-Kangelak Island, expedition ice-bound on, 182, 184, 189. Kara Sea, condition of ice in, 279,280. Kara TJlak Mountains, 61, 154, 158, 161, 163. Katanga Bay, 211. Camp near, 215, 216. Katangskoie Settlement, 224, 226. 236. Katschuga, forest line at, 57. Kayuks, 59 Khabaroff, Yevropei Pavlovitch, conquers Amur region, 65. Khansk, 37. Kirenga River, 66. Kirensk, 61. Account of, 66. Kirgises, 15, 22. Costume, 21. System of land-ownership, 23, Kolymsk, 74. Kondakoff, interpreter and guide to expedition, 128. Kossack colonists in Akmolinsk, 22. Kossack forts, 22. Kossack payek, 118. Kovalik, S., scientific observations, 121. ...