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 VII.

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OUR PARTY ON THE ROAD TO TUMEN.

Trade and manufactures at Catherineburg--Carolling cherubs-- Christmas at Kamechlof--Grand gala at a posting stage--Tumen --Its situation--Its gipsies--Fruit preserved in ice 113