Metropole, Hotel du, arrival at, 47 Mikado, audience with, 306. _See_ Japan, Emperor of Min, Prince, his typical old Korean home, 266 Mines in Korea, 227 Ming dynasty, 199 Ming, General, his funeral, 221 Mission, Roman Catholic, at Niu-chwang, 128; at Pekin, siege of the, 149; at Seoul, 254 Mochi-Shan, coal mines at, 125 Moji, Straits of, 285 Mokpo, 225 Monte Corvino, appointed first Bishop of Pekin, 376 Moonkov-Sarde Mountain, 42 Moscow, 26 Mujiks, their character, 111 Mukden, 68; journey to, 78-86; impressions of, 88; mode of locomotion, 89; plan of the city, 91; public edifices, 92; Imperial Palace, 92, 97; interior, 93; character of the people, 94; system of local government, 95; the yamen, 95; reception given by the Governor, 96-100; number of dishes, 98; visit to the Imperial Tombs, 100-4; epidemic of cholera, 105; journey from, 109-18 Muraviev, Count, 59 Myssowa, 55 Nagasaki, shipbuilding yards, 288, 339 Neva, the, 2 New Zealand, 387 Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, his appearance, 11; reminiscences of his journey across Siberia, 12; love for his subjects, 13; on the blessing of peace, 13 Nijni-Oudinsk, 42 Nippon Tetsudo Railway, 284 Nippon Yusen Kaisha Steam Company, annual report, 286 Nitobe, Dr., 317 Niu-chwang, Port, 124; railway, 124; trade, 125, 127; importation of opium, 125; life on land and on the river, 126; settlement of the Roman Catholic Mission, 128; festivities on the transfer of the railway to China, 129 Obi, 41; valley, 36 Okuma, 369 Omsk, 36, 57 Opium, importation of, 125 Osaka, 339; Commercial Exhibition at, 225 Pacific, the, 59 Pagoda, thirteen-storeyed, at Pekin, 167 Peasants, Russian, condition of, 27, 30 Pechili, Gulf of, 124 "Pedlars' Guild," organization of, in Korea, 228 Pei-tang, 145, 172 Peiho, 133 Pekin, first impressions of, 140, 145-9; arrival in, 141; shops, 147; signboards, 148; use of chopsticks, 148; the Western Gate, 149; siege of the Mission, 149; climate, 150; legations, 152-4; Banks, 154; siege, 154; result of the Treaty of Chefoo, 155; fortifications of the European quarter, 156; ground plan, 158, 160; Imperial City, 158, 160, 165; Purple or Forbidden City, 158, 165; Imperial Palace, 158, 164, 168; the Southern Gate, 158; influence of Confucius, 159; the Northern Gate, 162; Tartar City, 162, 165; Chinese City, 165; excursions, 167; Imperial deer park, 167; Princesses' tombs, 167; Portuguese Cemetery, 167; thirteen-storeyed pagoda, 167; summer palaces, 167; Ch'ien-men or Great Street, 168; temples, 169-72; towers, 172; reception at the Summer Palace, 177-88 Pekin, Treaty of, in 1860, 59 Pena, Castle of, 3 Pet-Si, 199 Peterhof, 3; palace, 3; cascade, 3; chateaux, 4; station, 7 St. Petersburg, impressions of, 23; conditions of life, 24 Petropaulovsk, 36 Petrovsk, 56 Philippine Islands, 386 Pi-yung-kung, or Hall of the Classics in Pekin, 169 _Piek-Pai_ party, 201 Pienza, 28 Pigs of Manchuria, 69 _Piroshki_, 67 Polo, Marco, 376