This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX. ABA Abacus at Moukden, 229 Aborigines of Manchuria, 21 Acupuncture, 296 Adders, see Snakes Adkins, Consul, on the Plain of Stone, 366 Tung-ching-ch'eng, 365 Administration, Chinese replacing Manchu form of, 148-150, 155--reforms needed in, 176 Adulteration of British goods, 173 rice, 119 silk, 401 Aigun, military station at, 8--treaty of, 103, 330 Aisin-gioro, 31 n., 32, 455 Albazin, gold-diggings near, 14--Russians expelled from, 102 'Alceste, ' H.M.S., fired upon, 72----names 'Regent s Sword' peninsula, 395 Alexandrovsk founded in Chinese territory, 103 Alphabet, Corean, 146--invented by Nurhachu, 34--Manchu, pedigree of, 129--manufacture, 146--Mongol, 129--Oigour, 130 Ama-wang, see Dorgun Amherst, Lord, embassy of, 68, 71 Amoy, fall of, 77 Amur province, 104 capital of, 104--river, 6, 14, 34 route from Tsitsihar to, 308 Russian towns on, 104--territory annexed by Russia, 101 et seq. AVA Amyot, Pere, on Odoli, 32 the Long White Mountain, 454 expelled from China, 68 Ancestors, worship of, 141,180,182, 195, 393 Animals, worship of, 190, 405 'Ann, ' massacre of passengers on board the, 77 n. Anstruther, Captain, put in a cage, 77 n. Antelopes on the plains, 298, 308 Ants, venomous, 275 Archers in Man. huria, 118 Architecture in Manchuria, 9, 377 Army, abuses in, 119, 122--compulsory service in, 285--' Ever-victorious, ' 82, 83--Luh-ying, 120--Manchu, 25, 51,115--pay of, 122--weapons of, 116-118,120 'Arrow, ' outrage on the, 85 Arrows, Tartar, 118 Arsenal at Foochow, 120 Kirin, 122, 284, 369 Nanking, 120 Shanghai, 120--workmen, 26, 284 Artemisia plant, varieties of, 311 Artillery at Port Arthur, 408 Tsitsihar, 307 Artisans, native, 26, 284 Asheho, 329, 394, 424, 437, 438 Author's collection of plants, 455--itinerary, 464 Autograph,