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 XVI.

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KIACHTA TO MAIMATCHIN.

The tarantass--Tea merchants--Their competition--The Sienzy --Aspect of Maimatchin--A dinner at the Chinese Governor’s-- Preparations for crossing the Gobi desert 285