From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows A Narrative of a Journey by Sledge over the Snows of European Russia and Siberia, by Caravan Through Mongolia, Across the Gobi Desert and the Great Wall, and by Mule Palanquin Through China to Pekin

CHAPTER I.

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FROM PARIS TO ST. PETERSBURG. PAGE _En route_ by rail--Berlin--Annoyances at the Russian Custom House--First aspect of European Russia--An evening on the banks of the Neva 1