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 IX.

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THE COLD ON THE WAY TO TOMSK.

The intense cold--Its inconveniences--The fine effects of light at a very low temperature--The baptismal fête of Christ on the Obi--Tomsk--Its commerce--An evening on the banks of the Tom 156