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 XIX.

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CARAVAN ACROSS THE DESERT OF GOBI.

A Mongolian Prince and his Court--Prayer turning--Our life in the desert--The sandy plain--Want of water--Lunar mirage-- Three executions--A traveller astray in the desert--Arrival at Kalkann and the Great Wall of China 341