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 V.

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KAZAN--JOURNEY TO PERM.

The Virgin of Kazan--Russian manner of expressing disapproval-- Dining with a grandee--His description of the enfranchisement of the serfs--The Tartars--Journey in a sledge--Caravan of exiles--The Votiaks--Aspect of European Russia 73