CHAPTER XXXII.

_FROM CHITA TO NERTCHINSK._

The Trans-Baikal province.--Books deposited with the Governor--Specimen letter of consignment.--Prisons and hospitals.--Governor’s distribution of books.--Satisfactory results.--Journey from Chita.--Buriat _Obos_.--Russian emigrants.--Salutations.--Approach to Nertchinsk.--Its mineral treasures 400