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 XVII.

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MAIMATCHIN TO URGA.

First Stage in Mongolia--The Mongols--Their tents; their life --How they steer their way in the desert--The Caravan--A Sacrilege--The Russian Consul at Urga--The Koutoukta 304