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 XXI.

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TCHAH-TAO TO PEKIN.

An exciting incident--The Pass of Nang-kao--Picturesqueness of the gorge--A young married couple--The levy of taxes-- Toun-cheh-ouh--The last solitude--Entry into Pekin--Arrival at the Legation 379