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 XIV.

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IRKUTSK TO LAKE BAIKAL.

The natives--The Olkhonese--Shamanism--The Buriats--The Tungus--The Samoyeds--The Carnival at Irkutsk--Pablo-- Adieu to Constantine--Another perilous night on the ice of Lake Baikal 244