Atkinson had received approval from Nicholas I to travel through and describe the Asiatic domains of the Russian Empire. The first account of his journey was published in 1858 in "Oriental and Western Siberia: A narrative of seven years exploration." The present work is a continuation of his observations while travelling in the eastern portions of the Russian Empire, focusing on the natural history and ethnography of the region.
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Excerpt from Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China My former work was published for the purpose of introducing to the English reader scenes in a remote part of the globe, of which no other descriptions were available, and I attempted nothing beyond a narrative of incidents and observations as they were noted down from day to day, such as I considered would suffice to explain and illustrate my pictorial representations. In the present work the higher interest of the subject has induced me to attempt to produce information of a more elevated character, intended to satisfy, in some respects at least, the wishes of the Geologist, Botanist, Ethnologist, and other scientific scholars, who invariably expect to find in an account of a new country materials likely to extend the circle of their favourite study, or strengthen the truths on which it is founded. There were other demands to satisfy, to which, it will be found, I have tried to pay the same deference. Our commerce, prodigious as are its operations, is, it is well known, capable of infinite expansion, and I have laid open a field of almost incalculable extent, where enterprise, skill, and industry are sure to find a profitable investment. Having suggested the establishment of a Fair on the Indian frontier, I may be permitted to say that this was not made without a knowledge of what is passing in another part of Asia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
