XII. The Diamond Mountains 113 XIII. Seoul to Dalny 134 XIV. Ashiho 141 PART III The Face of Russian Turkestan XV. Through Siberia 151 XVI. Into Turkestan 171 XVII. Tashkent 178 XVIII. The Home of Tamerlane 188 XIX. Samarkand 201 XX. Bokhara 220 XXI. Through the Caucasus 230 Index 241 Map _To face page_ 248 ILLUSTRATIONS Tamerlane’s Tomb _Frontispiece_ Foo Ling Tomb _To face page_ 12 Imperial Tomb, Moukden 28 Manchu Ladies’ Greeting 36 Korean Gate, Liao Yang 42 Blind Buddhist Nun 49 Buddhist Monastery 53 Korean in Mourning 69 Coy Korean Maiden 76 Korean Woman 94 Empress’s Tomb 102 Korean Graves 103 (A) Fusan; (B) Korean Village 108 (A) Devil Posts; (B) “Ten Parts Imperfect One” 118 North Gate, Seoul 131 Mohammedan Mosque 145 Prayer at a Saint’s Tomb 184 Tamerlane’s Tomb (Interior) 190 Samarkand 211 Hazréti Shah Zindeh 215 Mosque at Bokhara 226 Baku 231 (A) Tiflis; (B) A Persian 233 Mount Kasbec 236 PART I The Face of Manchuria CHAPTER I Hulan